diff --git a/panda/src/tiff/port.h b/panda/src/tiff/port.h
index c4ff444736..4abf1da8a4 100644
--- a/panda/src/tiff/port.h
+++ b/panda/src/tiff/port.h
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 typedef double dblparam_t;
+#ifdef __GNUCC__
 #ifdef __STRICT_ANSI__
 #define	INLINE	__inline__
 #else
 #define	INLINE	inline
 #endif
+#else
+#define INLINE
+#endif
 #define GLOBALDATA(TYPE,NAME)	extern TYPE NAME
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/panda/src/tiff/tiff.h b/panda/src/tiff/tiff.h
index 6a662872bf..b0d291645a 100644
--- a/panda/src/tiff/tiff.h
+++ b/panda/src/tiff/tiff.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  * strings      unsigned char*
  */
 #ifndef PROTYPES_H 
-// panda comment:  int8 already defined in with nspr\include\obsolete\protypes.h
+/* panda comment:  int8 already defined in with nspr\include\obsolete\protypes.h */
 #ifdef __STDC__
 typedef signed char int8;   /* NB: non-ANSI compilers may not grok */
 #else