diff --git a/components/core/src/ir/parsing.cpp b/components/core/src/ir/parsing.cpp
index c6cc9d1d5..6b9ebf08b 100644
--- a/components/core/src/ir/parsing.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/ir/parsing.cpp
@@ -23,23 +23,6 @@ bool is_variable_placeholder(char c) {
            || (enum_to_underlying_type(VariablePlaceholder::Float) == c);
 }
 
-// NOTE: `inline` improves performance by 1-2%
-inline bool could_be_multi_digit_hex_value(string_view str) {
-    if (str.length() < 2) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    // NOTE: This is 1-2% faster than using std::all_of with the opposite
-    // condition
-    for (auto c : str) {
-        if (!(('a' <= c && c <= 'f') || ('A' <= c && c <= 'F') || ('0' <= c && c <= '9'))) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool is_var(std::string_view value) {
     size_t begin_pos = 0;
     size_t end_pos = 0;
diff --git a/components/core/src/ir/parsing.hpp b/components/core/src/ir/parsing.hpp
index 99405cc15..a5d447728 100644
--- a/components/core/src/ir/parsing.hpp
+++ b/components/core/src/ir/parsing.hpp
@@ -37,10 +37,25 @@ bool is_delim(signed char c);
 bool is_variable_placeholder(char c);
 
 /**
+ * NOTE: This method is marked inline for a 1-2% performance improvement
  * @param str
  * @return Whether the given string could be a multi-digit hex value
  */
-bool could_be_multi_digit_hex_value(std::string_view str);
+inline bool could_be_multi_digit_hex_value(std::string_view str) {
+    if (str.length() < 2) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // NOTE: This is 1-2% faster than using std::all_of with the opposite
+    // condition
+    for (auto c : str) {
+        if (!(('a' <= c && c <= 'f') || ('A' <= c && c <= 'F') || ('0' <= c && c <= '9'))) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
 
 /**
  * @param value