diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index c87ac8a..472ab92 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
       "#{functype} #{$2.strip}(#{$3});"
     end
 
+    # remove function definitions by stripping off the arguments right now
+    source.gsub!(/\([^\)]*\)\s*\{[^\}]*\}/m, ";")
+
+    # remove pairs of braces because no function declarations will be inside of them
+    #source.gsub!(/\{[^\}]*\}/m, '')
+
     #drop extra white space to make the rest go faster
     source.gsub!(/^\s+/, '')          # remove extra white space from beginning of line
     source.gsub!(/\s+$/, '')          # remove extra white space from end of line
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     source.gsub!(/\s+/, ' ')          # remove remaining extra white space
 
     #split lines on semicolons and remove things that are obviously not what we are looking for
-    src_lines = source.split(/\s*;\s*/)
+    src_lines = source.split(/\s*;\s*/).uniq
     src_lines.delete_if {|line| line.strip.length == 0}                            # remove blank lines
     src_lines.delete_if {|line| !(line =~ /[\w\s\*]+\(+\s*\*[\*\s]*[\w\s]+(?:\[[\w\s]*\]\s*)+\)+\s*\((?:[\w\s\*]*,?)*\s*\)/).nil?}     #remove function pointer arrays
     if (@treat_externs == :include)
@@ -109,8 +115,6 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     else
       src_lines.delete_if {|line| !(line =~ /(?:^|\s+)(?:extern|inline)\s+/).nil?} # remove inline and extern functions
     end
-    src_lines.delete_if {|line| !(line =~ /\{/).nil? }  # remove lines with opening braces { because this isn't a declaration, it's a definition!
-    src_lines.map!{|line| line.gsub(/.*\}/,'')} #remove braces left at the beginning of lines
     src_lines.delete_if {|line| line.empty? } #drop empty lines
   end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
index 0c60e47..ccde240 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
@@ -294,15 +294,18 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
       "uint32 func_with_decl_a(unsigned int);\n" +
       "uint32 func_with_decl_a(unsigned int a) { return a; }\n" +
       "uint32 func_with_decl_b(unsigned int);\n" +
-      "uint32 func_with_decl_b(unsigned int)\n" +
+      "uint32 func_with_decl_b(unsigned int a)\n" +
       "{\n" +
-      "    bar(unsigned int);\n" +
+      "    bar((unsigned int) a);\n" +
+      "    stripme(a);\n" +
       "}\n"
 
     expected =
     [
       "uint32 func_with_decl_a(unsigned int)",
-      "uint32 func_with_decl_b(unsigned int)"
+      "uint32 func_with_decl_a",                 #okay. it's not going to be interpretted as another function
+      "uint32 func_with_decl_b(unsigned int)",
+      "uint32 func_with_decl_b",                 #okay. it's not going to be interpretted as another function
     ]
 
     assert_equal(expected, @parser.import_source(source).map!{|s|s.strip})
@@ -332,6 +335,30 @@ describe CMockHeaderParser, "Verify CMockHeaderParser Module" do
     end
   end
 
+  it "remove a fully defined inline function that is multiple lines" do
+    source =
+      "inline void bar(unsigned int a)\n" +
+      "{" +
+      "  bananas = a;\n" +
+      "  grapes = a;\n" +
+      "  apples(bananas, grapes);\n" +
+      "}"
+
+    # ensure it's expected type of exception
+    assert_raises RuntimeError do
+      @parser.parse("module", source)
+    end
+
+    assert_equal([], @parser.funcs)
+
+    # verify exception message
+    begin
+      @parser.parse("module", source)
+    rescue RuntimeError => e
+      assert_equal("ERROR: No function prototypes found!", e.message)
+    end
+  end
+
   it "remove just inline functions if externs to be included" do
     source =
       " extern uint32 foobar(unsigned int);\n" +