diff --git a/common/draw.c b/common/draw.c
index 3c9e8378d..2f73cf60a 100644
--- a/common/draw.c
+++ b/common/draw.c
@@ -43,19 +43,6 @@
 #include "common/markup.h"
 #include "common/xutil.h"
 
-void
-draw_parser_data_init(draw_parser_data_t *pdata)
-{
-    p_clear(pdata, 1);
-}
-
-void
-draw_parser_data_wipe(draw_parser_data_t *pdata)
-{
-    if(pdata)
-        draw_image_delete(&pdata->bg_image);
-}
-
 static iconv_t iso2utf8 = (iconv_t) -1;
 
 /** Convert text from any charset to UTF-8 using iconv.
diff --git a/common/draw.h b/common/draw.h
index a61f97b76..a50a6f177 100644
--- a/common/draw.h
+++ b/common/draw.h
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@ typedef struct
     } border;
 } draw_parser_data_t;
 
-void draw_parser_data_init(draw_parser_data_t *);
-void draw_parser_data_wipe(draw_parser_data_t *);
-
 bool draw_text_markup_expand(draw_parser_data_t *, const char *, ssize_t);
 
 void draw_text(draw_context_t *, font_t *, area_t, const char *, ssize_t len, draw_parser_data_t *);
@@ -243,5 +240,19 @@ bool xcolor_init_reply(xcb_connection_t *, xcolor_init_request_t);
 
 void area_array_remove(area_array_t *, area_t);
 
+static inline void
+draw_parser_data_init(draw_parser_data_t *pdata)
+{
+    p_clear(pdata, 1);
+}
+
+static inline void
+draw_parser_data_wipe(draw_parser_data_t *pdata)
+{
+    p_delete(&pdata->text);
+    if(pdata)
+        draw_image_delete(&pdata->bg_image);
+}
+
 #endif
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80