diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 6941eae466..1bd8d5b7bc 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -7871,17 +7871,6 @@ static void gen_global_var(CodeGen *g, ZigVar *var, LLVMValueRef init_val,
     // TODO ^^ make an actual global variable
 }
 
-static void validate_inline_fns(CodeGen *g) {
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < g->inline_fns.length; i += 1) {
-        ZigFn *fn_entry = g->inline_fns.at(i);
-        LLVMValueRef fn_val = LLVMGetNamedFunction(g->module, fn_entry->llvm_name);
-        if (fn_val != nullptr) {
-            add_node_error(g, fn_entry->proto_node, buf_sprintf("unable to inline function"));
-        }
-    }
-    report_errors_and_maybe_exit(g);
-}
-
 static void set_global_tls(CodeGen *g, ZigVar *var, LLVMValueRef global_value) {
     bool is_extern = var->decl_node->data.variable_declaration.is_extern;
     bool is_export = var->decl_node->data.variable_declaration.is_export;
@@ -8359,8 +8348,6 @@ static void zig_llvm_emit_output(CodeGen *g) {
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    validate_inline_fns(g);
-
     if (g->emit_bin) {
         g->link_objects.append(&g->o_file_output_path);
         if (g->bundle_compiler_rt && (g->out_type == OutTypeObj || (g->out_type == OutTypeLib && !g->is_dynamic))) {
diff --git a/test/compile_errors.zig b/test/compile_errors.zig
index 4adc538602..70a9c47998 100644
--- a/test/compile_errors.zig
+++ b/test/compile_errors.zig
@@ -6151,32 +6151,33 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompileErrorContext) void {
         "tmp.zig:2:15: error: expected error union type, found '?i32'",
     });
 
-    cases.add("inline fn calls itself indirectly",
-        \\export fn foo() void {
-        \\    bar();
-        \\}
-        \\inline fn bar() void {
-        \\    baz();
-        \\    quux();
-        \\}
-        \\inline fn baz() void {
-        \\    bar();
-        \\    quux();
-        \\}
-        \\extern fn quux() void;
-    , &[_][]const u8{
-        "tmp.zig:4:1: error: unable to inline function",
-    });
+    // TODO test this in stage2, but we won't even try in stage1
+    //cases.add("inline fn calls itself indirectly",
+    //    \\export fn foo() void {
+    //    \\    bar();
+    //    \\}
+    //    \\inline fn bar() void {
+    //    \\    baz();
+    //    \\    quux();
+    //    \\}
+    //    \\inline fn baz() void {
+    //    \\    bar();
+    //    \\    quux();
+    //    \\}
+    //    \\extern fn quux() void;
+    //, &[_][]const u8{
+    //    "tmp.zig:4:1: error: unable to inline function",
+    //});
 
-    cases.add("save reference to inline function",
-        \\export fn foo() void {
-        \\    quux(@ptrToInt(bar));
-        \\}
-        \\inline fn bar() void { }
-        \\extern fn quux(usize) void;
-    , &[_][]const u8{
-        "tmp.zig:4:1: error: unable to inline function",
-    });
+    //cases.add("save reference to inline function",
+    //    \\export fn foo() void {
+    //    \\    quux(@ptrToInt(bar));
+    //    \\}
+    //    \\inline fn bar() void { }
+    //    \\extern fn quux(usize) void;
+    //, &[_][]const u8{
+    //    "tmp.zig:4:1: error: unable to inline function",
+    //});
 
     cases.add("signed integer division",
         \\export fn foo(a: i32, b: i32) i32 {