diff --git a/libev/ev.c b/libev/ev.c
index cf5583596..b034cea66 100644
--- a/libev/ev.c
+++ b/libev/ev.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 #  undef EV_USE_POLL
 #  define EV_USE_POLL 0
 # endif
-   
+
 # if HAVE_EPOLL_CTL && HAVE_SYS_EPOLL_H
 #  ifndef EV_USE_EPOLL
 #   define EV_USE_EPOLL EV_FEATURE_BACKENDS
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 #  undef EV_USE_EPOLL
 #  define EV_USE_EPOLL 0
 # endif
-   
+
 # if HAVE_KQUEUE && HAVE_SYS_EVENT_H
 #  ifndef EV_USE_KQUEUE
 #   define EV_USE_KQUEUE EV_FEATURE_BACKENDS
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 #  undef EV_USE_KQUEUE
 #  define EV_USE_KQUEUE 0
 # endif
-   
+
 # if HAVE_PORT_H && HAVE_PORT_CREATE
 #  ifndef EV_USE_PORT
 #   define EV_USE_PORT EV_FEATURE_BACKENDS
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 #  undef EV_USE_EVENTFD
 #  define EV_USE_EVENTFD 0
 # endif
- 
+
 #endif
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -1941,8 +1941,8 @@ array_nextsize (int elem, int cur, int cnt)
 
   return ncur;
 }
-
-static void * noinline ecb_cold
+/* gevent: remove noinline, breaks all the appveyor builds */
+static void * ecb_cold
 array_realloc (int elem, void *base, int *cur, int cnt)
 {
   *cur = array_nextsize (elem, *cur, cnt);
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ downheap (ANHE *heap, int N, int k)
 
       heap [k] = heap [c];
       ev_active (ANHE_w (heap [k])) = k;
-      
+
       k = c;
     }
 
@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ ev_supported_backends (void) EV_THROW
   if (EV_USE_EPOLL ) flags |= EVBACKEND_EPOLL;
   if (EV_USE_POLL  ) flags |= EVBACKEND_POLL;
   if (EV_USE_SELECT) flags |= EVBACKEND_SELECT;
-  
+
   return flags;
 }
 
@@ -5094,4 +5094,3 @@ ev_walk (EV_P_ int types, void (*cb)(EV_P_ int type, void *w)) EV_THROW
 #if EV_MULTIPLICITY
   #include "ev_wrap.h"
 #endif
-