diff --git a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
index 418458e3c3d4b..135524e5ba643 100644
--- a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
+++ b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
@@ -1444,11 +1444,8 @@ proc countTitles(p: var RstParser, n: PRstNode) =
         if p.s.hTitleCnt >= 2:
           break
 
-proc tokenAfterNewline(p: RstParser, start = -1): int =
-  if start == -1:
-    result = p.idx
-  else:
-    result = start
+proc tokenAfterNewline(p: RstParser, start: int): int =
+  result = start
   while true:
     case p.tok[result].kind
     of tkEof:
@@ -1458,6 +1455,9 @@ proc tokenAfterNewline(p: RstParser, start = -1): int =
       break
     else: inc result
 
+proc tokenAfterNewline(p: RstParser): int {.inline.} =
+  result = tokenAfterNewline(p, p.idx)
+
 proc isAdornmentHeadline(p: RstParser, adornmentIdx: int): bool =
   ## check that underline/overline length is enough for the heading.
   ## No support for Unicode.
diff --git a/lib/pure/strutils.nim b/lib/pure/strutils.nim
index 42d39e4edd4e3..6ec6234555b2f 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strutils.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strutils.nim
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ since (1, 3):
   func dedent*(s: string, count: Natural): string {.rtl, extern: "nsuDedent".} =
     unindent(s, count, " ")
 
-  proc dedent*(a: string): string =
+  proc dedent*(a: string): string {.inline.} =
     ## Unindents each line in `s` by `count` amount of `padding`.
     ## The only difference between this and the
     ## `unindent func<#unindent,string,Natural,string>`_ is that this by default
@@ -1478,9 +1478,7 @@ since (1, 3):
       """.dedent()
 
       doAssert x == "Hello\n  There\n"
-    let b = a
-    let i = indentation(b)
-    dedent(a, i)
+    dedent(a, indentation(a))
 
 func delete*(s: var string, first, last: int) {.rtl, extern: "nsuDelete".} =
   ## Deletes in `s` (must be declared as `var`) the characters at positions