diff --git a/plutus-benchmark/common/PlutusBenchmark/Common.hs b/plutus-benchmark/common/PlutusBenchmark/Common.hs
index 2a58f44dc6d..0ab911e06b9 100644
--- a/plutus-benchmark/common/PlutusBenchmark/Common.hs
+++ b/plutus-benchmark/common/PlutusBenchmark/Common.hs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import Data.ByteString qualified as BS
 import Data.SatInt (fromSatInt)
 import Flat qualified
 import GHC.IO.Encoding (setLocaleEncoding)
+import GHC.Magic (inline)
 import System.Directory
 import System.FilePath
 import System.IO
@@ -124,7 +125,12 @@ evaluateCekLikeInProd evalCtx term = do
     let (getRes, _, _) =
             let -- The validation benchmarks were all created from PlutusV1 scripts
                 pv = LedgerApi.ledgerLanguageIntroducedIn LedgerApi.PlutusV1
-            in LedgerApi.evaluateTerm UPLC.restrictingEnormous pv LedgerApi.Quiet evalCtx term
+            in inline LedgerApi.evaluateTerm
+                (inline UPLC.restrictingEnormous)
+                pv
+                LedgerApi.Quiet
+                evalCtx
+                term
     getRes
 
 -- | Evaluate a term and either throw if evaluation fails or discard the result and return '()'.
diff --git a/plutus-benchmark/plutus-benchmark.cabal b/plutus-benchmark/plutus-benchmark.cabal
index a8aa6e25ae9..35ee78dc447 100644
--- a/plutus-benchmark/plutus-benchmark.cabal
+++ b/plutus-benchmark/plutus-benchmark.cabal
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ library plutus-benchmark-common
     , directory
     , filepath
     , flat                 ^>=0.6
+    , ghc-prim
     , plutus-core          ^>=1.43
     , plutus-ledger-api    ^>=1.43
     , plutus-tx-test-util
diff --git a/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/EmitterMode.hs b/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/EmitterMode.hs
index 44548468a25..692091e8170 100644
--- a/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/EmitterMode.hs
+++ b/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/EmitterMode.hs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import PlutusCore.Evaluation.Machine.ExMemory
 -- | No emitter.
 noEmitter :: EmitterMode uni fun
 noEmitter = EmitterMode $ \_ -> pure $ CekEmitterInfo (\_ -> pure ()) (pure mempty)
+{-# INLINABLE noEmitter #-}
 
 -- | Emits log only.
 logEmitter :: EmitterMode uni fun
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ logEmitter = EmitterMode $ \_ -> do
   logsRef <- newSTRef DList.empty
   let emitter logs = CekM $ modifySTRef logsRef (`DList.append` logs)
   pure $ CekEmitterInfo emitter (DList.toList <$> readSTRef logsRef)
+{-# INLINABLE logEmitter #-}
 
 -- A wrapper around encoding a record. `cassava` insists on including a trailing newline, which is
 -- annoying since we're recording the output line-by-line.
diff --git a/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/ExBudgetMode.hs b/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/ExBudgetMode.hs
index 9b044f916ab..105a94d7c9f 100644
--- a/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/ExBudgetMode.hs
+++ b/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/ExBudgetMode.hs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ restricting (ExRestrictingBudget initB@(ExBudget cpuInit memInit)) = ExBudgetMod
             pure $ initB `minusExBudget` r
         final = RestrictingSt . ExRestrictingBudget <$> remaining
     pure $ ExBudgetInfo spender final cumulative
+{-# INLINE restricting #-}
 
 -- | 'restricting' instantiated at 'largeBudget'.
 restrictingLarge :: ThrowableBuiltins uni fun => ExBudgetMode RestrictingSt uni fun
@@ -167,3 +168,4 @@ restrictingLarge = restricting largeBudget
 -- | 'restricting' instantiated at 'enormousBudget'.
 restrictingEnormous :: ThrowableBuiltins uni fun => ExBudgetMode RestrictingSt uni fun
 restrictingEnormous = restricting enormousBudget
+{-# INLINE restrictingEnormous #-}
diff --git a/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/Internal.hs b/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/Internal.hs
index 7f710eb0877..98036a67127 100644
--- a/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/Internal.hs
+++ b/plutus-core/untyped-plutus-core/src/UntypedPlutusCore/Evaluation/Machine/Cek/Internal.hs
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Vector qualified as V
 import Data.Word
 import GHC.Generics
+import GHC.Magic (inline)
 import GHC.TypeLits
 import Prettyprinter
 import Universe
@@ -459,6 +460,7 @@ throwingDischarged
     -> CekValue uni fun ann
     -> CekM uni fun s x
 throwingDischarged l t = throwingWithCause l t . Just . dischargeCekValue
+{-# INLINE throwingDischarged #-}
 
 instance ThrowableBuiltins uni fun =>
         MonadError (CekEvaluationException NamedDeBruijn uni fun) (CekM uni fun s) where
@@ -946,7 +948,8 @@ runCekDeBruijn
 runCekDeBruijn params mode emitMode term =
     runCekM params mode emitMode $ do
         unCekBudgetSpender ?cekBudgetSpender BStartup $ runIdentity $ cekStartupCost ?cekCosts
-        enterComputeCek NoFrame Env.empty term
+        inline enterComputeCek NoFrame Env.empty term
+{-# INLINE runCekDeBruijn #-}
 
 {- Note [Accumulators for terms]
 At a couple of points in the CEK machine (notably building the arguments to a constructor value)
diff --git a/plutus-ledger-api/plutus-ledger-api.cabal b/plutus-ledger-api/plutus-ledger-api.cabal
index 2480f04a243..f4b48d4a350 100644
--- a/plutus-ledger-api/plutus-ledger-api.cabal
+++ b/plutus-ledger-api/plutus-ledger-api.cabal
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ library
     , cborg
     , containers
     , deepseq
+    , ghc-prim
     , lens
     , mtl
     , nothunks
diff --git a/plutus-ledger-api/src/PlutusLedgerApi/Common/Eval.hs b/plutus-ledger-api/src/PlutusLedgerApi/Common/Eval.hs
index 180b136790a..c2fcc2d831c 100644
--- a/plutus-ledger-api/src/PlutusLedgerApi/Common/Eval.hs
+++ b/plutus-ledger-api/src/PlutusLedgerApi/Common/Eval.hs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import Control.Monad.Writer (MonadWriter (..), runWriter)
 import Data.Set as Set
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Tuple
+import GHC.Magic (inline)
 import NoThunks.Class
 
 -- | Errors that can be thrown when evaluating a Plutus script.
@@ -200,10 +201,10 @@ evaluateTerm
        , [Text]
        )
 evaluateTerm budgetMode pv verbose ectx =
-    UPLC.runCekDeBruijn
+    inline UPLC.runCekDeBruijn
         (toMachineParameters pv ectx)
         budgetMode
-        (if verbose == Verbose then UPLC.logEmitter else UPLC.noEmitter)
+        (if verbose == Verbose then inline UPLC.logEmitter else inline UPLC.noEmitter)
 -- Just replicating the old behavior, probably doesn't matter.
 {-# INLINE evaluateTerm #-}