diff -r 0d0d1ab4eba6 -r a1bec7e58cba libpurple/util.h
--- a/libpurple/util.h	Sat Nov 24 08:48:37 2018 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/util.h	Tue Nov 27 13:56:37 2018 -0600
@@ -1107,7 +1107,11 @@
  *
  * Returns: %TRUE if the strings are the same, else %FALSE.
  */
-gboolean purple_strequal(const gchar *left, const gchar *right);
+static inline gboolean
+purple_strequal(const gchar *left, const gchar *right)
+{
+	return (g_strcmp0(left, right) == 0);
+}
 
 /**
  * purple_normalize: