diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index 6f03d74f..5f0a56bf 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -467,12 +467,14 @@ const char *revstristr(const char *haystack, const char *needle, const
 #ifndef HAVE_STRNLEN
 size_t nstrnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen);
 #endif
+#if !defined(NANO_SMALL) && defined(ENABLE_NANORC)
 #ifndef HAVE_GETLINE
 ssize_t ngetline(char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream);
 #endif
 #ifndef HAVE_GETDELIM
 ssize_t ngetdelim(char **lineptr, size_t *n, int delim, FILE *stream);
 #endif
+#endif /* !NANO_SMALL && ENABLE_NANORC */
 const char *strstrwrapper(const char *haystack, const char *needle,
 	const char *start);
 void nperror(const char *s);
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 738d576f..4d928b56 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ size_t nstrnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen)
 }
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(NANO_SMALL) && defined(ENABLE_NANORC)
 #ifndef HAVE_GETLINE
 /* This function is equivalent to getline().  It was adapted from
  * GNU mailutils' getline() function. */
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ ssize_t ngetdelim(char **lineptr, size_t *n, int delim, FILE *stream)
     return (c == EOF && (indx - 1) == 0) ? -1 : indx - 1;
 }
 #endif
+#endif /* !NANO_SMALL && ENABLE_NANORC */
 
 /* If we are searching backwards, we will find the last match that
  * starts no later than start.  Otherwise we find the first match