diff --git a/include/PolyVox/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.h b/include/PolyVox/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.h
index dde8acdf..ee6fd518 100644
--- a/include/PolyVox/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.h
+++ b/include/PolyVox/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.h
@@ -156,37 +156,6 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor();
 
 		void execute(VolumeType* volData, Region region, MeshType* result, ControllerType controller);
-
-	private:
-
-		////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-		// NOTE: These two functions are in the .h file rather than the .inl due to an apparent bug in VC2010.
-		//See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1484885/strange-vc-compile-error-c2244 for details.
-		////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-		Vector3DFloat computeCentralDifferenceGradient(const typename VolumeType::Sampler& volIter, ControllerType& controller)
-		{
-			//FIXME - Should actually use DensityType here, both in principle and because the maths may be
-			//faster (and to reduce casts). So it would be good to add a way to get DensityType from a voxel.
-			//But watch out for when the DensityType is unsigned and the difference could be negative.
-			float voxel1nx = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel1nx0py0pz()));
-			float voxel1px = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel1px0py0pz()));
-
-			float voxel1ny = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel0px1ny0pz()));
-			float voxel1py = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel0px1py0pz()));
-
-			float voxel1nz = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel0px0py1nz()));
-			float voxel1pz = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel0px0py1pz()));
-
-			return Vector3DFloat
-			(
-				voxel1nx - voxel1px,
-				voxel1ny - voxel1py,
-				voxel1nz - voxel1pz
-			);
-		}
-		////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-		// End of compiler bug workaroumd.
-		////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	};
 
 	// This version of the function performs the extraction into a user-provided mesh rather than allocating a mesh automatically.
diff --git a/include/PolyVox/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.inl b/include/PolyVox/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.inl
index e70b7374..0ed3d28d 100644
--- a/include/PolyVox/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.inl
+++ b/include/PolyVox/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.inl
@@ -25,6 +25,29 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 
 namespace PolyVox
 {
+	template< typename Sampler, typename ControllerType>
+	Vector3DFloat computeCentralDifferenceGradient(const Sampler& volIter, ControllerType& controller)
+	{
+		//FIXME - Should actually use DensityType here, both in principle and because the maths may be
+		//faster (and to reduce casts). So it would be good to add a way to get DensityType from a voxel.
+		//But watch out for when the DensityType is unsigned and the difference could be negative.
+		float voxel1nx = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel1nx0py0pz()));
+		float voxel1px = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel1px0py0pz()));
+
+		float voxel1ny = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel0px1ny0pz()));
+		float voxel1py = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel0px1py0pz()));
+
+		float voxel1nz = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel0px0py1nz()));
+		float voxel1pz = static_cast<float>(controller.convertToDensity(volIter.peekVoxel0px0py1pz()));
+
+		return Vector3DFloat
+			(
+			voxel1nx - voxel1px,
+			voxel1ny - voxel1py,
+			voxel1nz - voxel1pz
+			);
+	}
+
 	template<typename VolumeType, typename MeshType, typename ControllerType>
 	MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor<VolumeType, MeshType, ControllerType>::MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor()
 	{