diff --git a/tiledb/sm/compressors/test/link_webp_test1.cc b/tiledb/sm/compressors/test/link_webp_test1.cc
index c59b166311b..cfd976a2e6e 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/compressors/test/link_webp_test1.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/compressors/test/link_webp_test1.cc
@@ -96,18 +96,6 @@ uint64_t reference_a_value(uint64_t v) {
 #pragma warning(disable : 4701)  // 'config', 'picture_no_alpha'
 #endif
 
-extern "C" int WebPGetDemuxVersion(void);
-extern "C" int WebPGetMuxVersion(void);
-extern "C" VP8StatusCode WebPAllocateDecBuffer(
-    int width,
-    int height,
-    const WebPDecoderOptions* const options,
-    WebPDecBuffer* const buffer);
-extern "C" void WebPFreeDecBuffer(WebPDecBuffer* const buffer);
-typedef void VP8LDecoder;
-extern "C" VP8LDecoder* VP8LNew(void);
-extern "C" void VP8LClear(VP8LDecoder*);
-
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
   int return_value = -1;
   const char *in_file = NULL, *out_file = NULL;
@@ -138,28 +126,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     // *** turns out, there is -NO- symbol in webpdecoder that is not also in
     // webp! left here anyway, in case libraries are ever de-dupped.
     const int dec_version = WebPGetDecoderVersion();
-    auto vp8l_dec = VP8LNew();
-    VP8LClear(vp8l_dec);
-
-    VP8StatusCode status;
-    WebPDecoderOptions webpdecoptions;
-    WebPDecBuffer webpdec_buffer;
-    status = WebPAllocateDecBuffer(512, 512, &webpdecoptions, &webpdec_buffer);
-    if (status == VP8_STATUS_OK) {
-      WebPFreeDecBuffer(&webpdec_buffer);
-    }
-
-    // webpdemux
-    const int demux_version = WebPGetDemuxVersion();
-    // webpmux
-    const int mux_version = WebPGetMuxVersion();
 
     // webp
     // in testing, even when WebP::webp was -not- added as link item, this
     // library was still being placed in link_webp_test project.
     auto enc_version = WebPGetEncoderVersion();
 
-    reference_a_value(dec_version + demux_version + mux_version + enc_version);
+    reference_a_value(dec_version + enc_version);
   }
 
   if (argc == 1) {