diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/codegen/fun.cr b/src/compiler/crystal/codegen/fun.cr
index c56bde6e5c2a..abe57df37aac 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/codegen/fun.cr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/codegen/fun.cr
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class Crystal::CodeGenVisitor
       end
     end
 
-    if @single_module && !target_def.no_inline? && !target_def.is_a?(External)
+    if @single_module && !target_def.is_a?(External)
       context.fun.linkage = LLVM::Linkage::Internal
     end
 
@@ -448,11 +448,7 @@ class Crystal::CodeGenVisitor
     context.fun.add_attribute LLVM::Attribute::ReturnsTwice if target_def.returns_twice?
     context.fun.add_attribute LLVM::Attribute::Naked if target_def.naked?
     context.fun.add_attribute LLVM::Attribute::NoReturn if target_def.no_returns?
-
-    if target_def.no_inline?
-      context.fun.add_attribute LLVM::Attribute::NoInline
-      context.fun.linkage = LLVM::Linkage::External
-    end
+    context.fun.add_attribute LLVM::Attribute::NoInline if target_def.no_inline?
   end
 
   def setup_closure_vars(def_vars, closure_vars, context, closure_type, closure_ptr)