diff --git a/include/nasmlib.h b/include/nasmlib.h
index 79e866b..c93cef0 100644
--- a/include/nasmlib.h
+++ b/include/nasmlib.h
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ int64_t readstrnum(char *str, int length, bool *warn);
  * seg_init: Initialise the segment-number allocator.
  * seg_alloc: allocate a hitherto unused segment number.
  */
-void pure_func seg_init(void);
-int32_t pure_func seg_alloc(void);
+void seg_init(void);
+int32_t seg_alloc(void);
 
 /*
  * many output formats will be able to make use of this: a standard