diff --git a/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v2/HadoopNative.java b/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v2/HadoopNative.java
index 17b0146b..14bd122d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v2/HadoopNative.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v2/HadoopNative.java
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
  */
 package io.airlift.compress.v2;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CompressionCodec;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CompressionCodecFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.zlib.ZlibDecompressor;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.zlib.ZlibFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.NativeCodeLoader;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -51,8 +45,6 @@ public static synchronized void requireHadoopNative()
             loadLibrary("gplcompression");
             loadLibrary("lzo2");
 
-            requireNativeZlib();
-
             loaded = true;
         }
         catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -61,24 +53,6 @@ public static synchronized void requireHadoopNative()
         }
     }
 
-    private static void requireNativeZlib()
-    {
-        Configuration conf = new Configuration();
-        if (!ZlibFactory.isNativeZlibLoaded(conf)) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("native zlib is not loaded");
-        }
-
-        CompressionCodecFactory factory = new CompressionCodecFactory(conf);
-        CompressionCodec codec = factory.getCodecByClassName(GzipCodec.class.getName());
-        if (codec == null) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("failed to load GzipCodec");
-        }
-        org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.Decompressor decompressor = codec.createDecompressor();
-        if (!(decompressor instanceof ZlibDecompressor)) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("wrong gzip decompressor: " + decompressor.getClass().getName());
-        }
-    }
-
     private static void setStatic(Field field, Object value)
             throws IllegalAccessException
     {
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v2/zstd/TestZstdCodec.java b/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v2/zstd/TestZstdCodec.java
index 9475bf74..6ccb251d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v2/zstd/TestZstdCodec.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/airlift/compress/v2/zstd/TestZstdCodec.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 import io.airlift.compress.v2.HadoopCodecDecompressor;
 import io.airlift.compress.v2.thirdparty.ZstdJniCompressor;
 import io.airlift.compress.v2.thirdparty.ZstdJniDecompressor;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CompressionCodec;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -30,15 +28,6 @@
 class TestZstdCodec
         extends AbstractTestCompression
 {
-    private final CompressionCodec verifyCodec;
-
-    TestZstdCodec()
-    {
-        org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.ZStandardCodec codec = new org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.ZStandardCodec();
-        codec.setConf(new Configuration());
-        this.verifyCodec = codec;
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected boolean isMemorySegmentSupported()
     {