diff --git a/build-aux/mock-noinline.pl b/build-aux/mock-noinline.pl
index 2745d4baf7..eafe20d2e2 100644
--- a/build-aux/mock-noinline.pl
+++ b/build-aux/mock-noinline.pl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ sub scan_annotations {
         } elsif (/^\s*$/) {
             $func = undef;
         }
-        if (/ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE/) {
+        if (/ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE/) {
             if (defined $func) {
                 $noninlined{$func} = 1;
             }
diff --git a/src/check-symfile.pl b/src/check-symfile.pl
index 3b062d0a48..d59a213eba 100755
--- a/src/check-symfile.pl
+++ b/src/check-symfile.pl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ foreach my $elflib (@elflibs) {
     open NM, "-|", "nm", $elflib or die "cannot run 'nm $elflib': $!";
 
     while (<NM>) {
-        next unless /^\S+\s(?:[TBDW])\s(\S+)\s*$/;
+        next unless /^\S+\s(?:[TBD])\s(\S+)\s*$/;
 
         $gotsyms{$1} = 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 00edd4fdeb..c29f20f022 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -113,26 +113,13 @@
 # endif
 
 /**
- * ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE:
- *
- * Ensure that the symbol can be overridden in a mock
- * library preload. This implies a number of attributes
- *
- *  - noinline: prevents the body being inlined to
- *              callers,
- *  - noclone: prevents specialized copies of the
- *             function body being created for different
- *             callers
- *  - weak: prevents the compiler making optimizations
- *          such as constant return value propagation
+ * ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE:
  *
+ * Force compiler not to inline a method. Should be used if
+ * the method need to be overridable by test mocks.
  */
-# ifndef ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE
-#  if __GNUC_PREREQ(4, 5)
-#   define ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE __attribute__((__noinline__, __noclone__, __weak__))
-#  else
-#   define ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE __attribute__((__noinline__, __weak__))
-#  endif
+# ifndef ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE
+#  define ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE __attribute__((__noinline__))
 # endif
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
index 6cc189e403..94fa75b960 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ virQEMUCapsSetCPUModelInfo(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 virCPUDefPtr
 virQEMUCapsProbeHostCPUForEmulator(virCapsPtr caps,
                                    virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                                   virDomainVirtType type) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+                                   virDomainVirtType type) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 void
 virQEMUCapsSetGICCapabilities(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.h b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.h
index 3c2945e4b1..de795af917 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.h
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.h
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ int virNetSocketGetUNIXIdentity(virNetSocketPtr sock,
                                 gid_t *gid,
                                 pid_t *pid,
                                 unsigned long long *timestamp)
-    ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virNetSocketGetSELinuxContext(virNetSocketPtr sock,
                                   char **context)
-    ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 int virNetSocketSetBlocking(virNetSocketPtr sock,
                             bool blocking);
diff --git a/src/util/vircommand.h b/src/util/vircommand.h
index c042a532a4..e7c2e513ba 100644
--- a/src/util/vircommand.h
+++ b/src/util/vircommand.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ enum {
 
 void virCommandPassFD(virCommandPtr cmd,
                       int fd,
-                      unsigned int flags) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+                      unsigned int flags) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 void virCommandPassListenFDs(virCommandPtr cmd);
 
diff --git a/src/util/vircrypto.h b/src/util/vircrypto.h
index 50400c6a18..068602f5df 100644
--- a/src/util/vircrypto.h
+++ b/src/util/vircrypto.h
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ int virCryptoEncryptData(virCryptoCipher algorithm,
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(6)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(8) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(9) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
-uint8_t *virCryptoGenerateRandom(size_t nbytes) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+uint8_t *virCryptoGenerateRandom(size_t nbytes) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 #endif /* __VIR_CRYPTO_H__ */
diff --git a/src/util/virfile.h b/src/util/virfile.h
index 32c9115f57..57ceb80721 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.h
+++ b/src/util/virfile.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void virFileActivateDirOverride(const char *argv0)
 
 off_t virFileLength(const char *path, int fd) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 bool virFileIsDir (const char *file) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
-bool virFileExists(const char *file) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+bool virFileExists(const char *file) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 bool virFileIsExecutable(const char *file) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
 enum {
diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.h b/src/util/virhostcpu.h
index 3b30a0d16c..67033de842 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.h
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ bool virHostCPUHasBitmap(void);
 virBitmapPtr virHostCPUGetPresentBitmap(void);
 virBitmapPtr virHostCPUGetOnlineBitmap(void);
 int virHostCPUGetCount(void);
-int virHostCPUGetThreadsPerSubcore(virArch arch) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+int virHostCPUGetThreadsPerSubcore(virArch arch) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 int virHostCPUGetMap(unsigned char **cpumap,
                      unsigned int *online,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int virHostCPUGetInfo(virArch hostarch,
                       unsigned int *cores,
                       unsigned int *threads);
 
-int virHostCPUGetKVMMaxVCPUs(void) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+int virHostCPUGetKVMMaxVCPUs(void) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 int virHostCPUStatsAssign(virNodeCPUStatsPtr param,
                           const char *name,
diff --git a/src/util/virmacaddr.h b/src/util/virmacaddr.h
index 79492cdf3f..f4f5e2ce11 100644
--- a/src/util/virmacaddr.h
+++ b/src/util/virmacaddr.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void virMacAddrGetRaw(const virMacAddr *src, unsigned char dst[VIR_MAC_BUFLEN]);
 const char *virMacAddrFormat(const virMacAddr *addr,
                              char *str);
 void virMacAddrGenerate(const unsigned char prefix[VIR_MAC_PREFIX_BUFLEN],
-                        virMacAddrPtr addr) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+                        virMacAddrPtr addr) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virMacAddrParse(const char* str,
                     virMacAddrPtr addr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 int virMacAddrParseHex(const char* str,
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.h b/src/util/virnetdev.h
index 2e9a9c4057..51fcae544e 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int virNetDevExists(const char *brname)
 
 int virNetDevSetOnline(const char *ifname,
                        bool online)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virNetDevGetOnline(const char *ifname,
                       bool *online)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ int virNetDevGetOnline(const char *ifname,
 
 int virNetDevSetMAC(const char *ifname,
                     const virMacAddr *macaddr)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virNetDevGetMAC(const char *ifname,
                     virMacAddrPtr macaddr)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ int virNetDevSysfsFile(char **pf_sysfs_device_link,
                        const char *ifname,
                        const char *file)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3)
-    ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 int virNetDevRunEthernetScript(const char *ifname, const char *script)
-    ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 #endif /* __VIR_NETDEV_H__ */
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevip.h b/src/util/virnetdevip.h
index 972a49ae8f..6b509ea445 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevip.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevip.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int virNetDevIPAddrAdd(const char *ifname,
                        virSocketAddr *addr,
                        virSocketAddr *peer,
                        unsigned int prefix)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virNetDevIPRouteAdd(const char *ifname,
                         virSocketAddrPtr addr,
                         unsigned int prefix,
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.h b/src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.h
index dc677ca024..51bb1dd006 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.h
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ int virNetDevOpenvswitchInterfaceStats(const char *ifname,
 
 int virNetDevOpenvswitchGetVhostuserIfname(const char *path,
                                            char **ifname)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 #endif /* __VIR_NETDEV_OPENVSWITCH_H__ */
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevtap.h b/src/util/virnetdevtap.h
index 1c4343ef80..0b17feb8d9 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevtap.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevtap.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int virNetDevTapCreate(char **ifname,
                        int *tapfd,
                        size_t tapfdSize,
                        unsigned int flags)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 int virNetDevTapDelete(const char *ifname,
                        const char *tunpath)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int virNetDevTapGetName(int tapfd, char **ifname)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
 char* virNetDevTapGetRealDeviceName(char *ifname)
-      ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+      ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 typedef enum {
    VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_NONE = 0,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int virNetDevTapCreateInBridgePort(const char *brname,
                                    unsigned int *actualMTU,
                                    unsigned int flags)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3)
-    ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 int virNetDevTapInterfaceStats(const char *ifname,
                                virDomainInterfaceStatsPtr stats)
diff --git a/src/util/virnuma.h b/src/util/virnuma.h
index 62b89e9cb7..e4e1fd0b97 100644
--- a/src/util/virnuma.h
+++ b/src/util/virnuma.h
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ int virNumaSetupMemoryPolicy(virDomainNumatuneMemMode mode,
                              virBitmapPtr nodeset);
 
 virBitmapPtr virNumaGetHostMemoryNodeset(void);
-bool virNumaNodesetIsAvailable(virBitmapPtr nodeset) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
-bool virNumaIsAvailable(void) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
-int virNumaGetMaxNode(void) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
-bool virNumaNodeIsAvailable(int node) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+bool virNumaNodesetIsAvailable(virBitmapPtr nodeset) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
+bool virNumaIsAvailable(void) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
+int virNumaGetMaxNode(void) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
+bool virNumaNodeIsAvailable(int node) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virNumaGetDistances(int node,
                         int **distances,
-                        int *ndistances) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+                        int *ndistances) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virNumaGetNodeMemory(int node,
                          unsigned long long *memsize,
-                         unsigned long long *memfree) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+                         unsigned long long *memfree) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 unsigned int virNumaGetMaxCPUs(void);
 
-int virNumaGetNodeCPUs(int node, virBitmapPtr *cpus) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+int virNumaGetNodeCPUs(int node, virBitmapPtr *cpus) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 int virNumaGetPageInfo(int node,
                        unsigned int page_size,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int virNumaGetPages(int node,
                     unsigned int **pages_avail,
                     unsigned int **pages_free,
                     size_t *npages)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(5) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(5) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virNumaSetPagePoolSize(int node,
                            unsigned int page_size,
                            unsigned long long page_count,
diff --git a/src/util/virrandom.h b/src/util/virrandom.h
index 990a456add..7a984ee7b0 100644
--- a/src/util/virrandom.h
+++ b/src/util/virrandom.h
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 
 # include "internal.h"
 
-uint64_t virRandomBits(int nbits) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+uint64_t virRandomBits(int nbits) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 double virRandom(void);
 uint32_t virRandomInt(uint32_t max);
 int virRandomBytes(unsigned char *buf, size_t buflen)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
-int virRandomGenerateWWN(char **wwn, const char *virt_type) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
+int virRandomGenerateWWN(char **wwn, const char *virt_type) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 #endif /* __VIR_RANDOM_H__ */
diff --git a/src/util/virscsi.h b/src/util/virscsi.h
index eed563d6c7..9f8b3ecf1e 100644
--- a/src/util/virscsi.h
+++ b/src/util/virscsi.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ char *virSCSIDeviceGetSgName(const char *sysfs_prefix,
                              const char *adapter,
                              unsigned int bus,
                              unsigned int target,
-                             unsigned long long unit) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+                             unsigned long long unit) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 char *virSCSIDeviceGetDevName(const char *sysfs_prefix,
                               const char *adapter,
                               unsigned int bus,
diff --git a/src/util/virscsivhost.h b/src/util/virscsivhost.h
index f9272a659f..21887ddbd5 100644
--- a/src/util/virscsivhost.h
+++ b/src/util/virscsivhost.h
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ void virSCSIVHostDeviceGetUsedBy(virSCSIVHostDevicePtr dev,
                                  const char **drv_name,
                                  const char **dom_name);
 void virSCSIVHostDeviceFree(virSCSIVHostDevicePtr dev);
-int virSCSIVHostOpenVhostSCSI(int *vhostfd) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+int virSCSIVHostOpenVhostSCSI(int *vhostfd) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 #endif /* __VIR_SCSIHOST_H__ */
diff --git a/src/util/virtpm.h b/src/util/virtpm.h
index 7067bb53de..b21fc0532f 100644
--- a/src/util/virtpm.h
+++ b/src/util/virtpm.h
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 #ifndef __VIR_TPM_H__
 # define __VIR_TPM_H__
 
-char *virTPMCreateCancelPath(const char *devpath) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+char *virTPMCreateCancelPath(const char *devpath) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 #endif /* __VIR_TPM_H__ */
diff --git a/src/util/virutil.h b/src/util/virutil.h
index 35e5ca3ab6..49382557f6 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.h
+++ b/src/util/virutil.h
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ char *virGetUserConfigDirectory(void);
 char *virGetUserCacheDirectory(void);
 char *virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(void);
 char *virGetUserShell(uid_t uid);
-char *virGetUserName(uid_t uid) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
-char *virGetGroupName(gid_t gid) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+char *virGetUserName(uid_t uid) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
+char *virGetGroupName(gid_t gid) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 int virGetGroupList(uid_t uid, gid_t group, gid_t **groups)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3);
 int virGetUserID(const char *name,
@@ -201,12 +201,12 @@ verify((int)VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_ABSENT == (int)VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ABSENT);
 
 unsigned int virGetListenFDs(void);
 
-long virGetSystemPageSize(void) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
-long virGetSystemPageSizeKB(void) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+long virGetSystemPageSize(void) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
+long virGetSystemPageSizeKB(void) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 unsigned long long virMemoryLimitTruncate(unsigned long long value);
 bool virMemoryLimitIsSet(unsigned long long value);
-unsigned long long virMemoryMaxValue(bool ulong) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+unsigned long long virMemoryMaxValue(bool ulong) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 /**
  * VIR_ASSIGN_IS_OVERFLOW:
diff --git a/src/util/viruuid.h b/src/util/viruuid.h
index 3b41b42050..1d67e9ee57 100644
--- a/src/util/viruuid.h
+++ b/src/util/viruuid.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int virGetHostUUID(unsigned char *host_uuid) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
 int virUUIDIsValid(unsigned char *uuid);
 
-int virUUIDGenerate(unsigned char *uuid) ATTRIBUTE_MOCKABLE;
+int virUUIDGenerate(unsigned char *uuid) ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;
 
 int virUUIDParse(const char *uuidstr,
                  unsigned char *uuid)