diff --git a/libavcodec/snow.h b/libavcodec/snow.h
index 3dbc618fae1bfb441bd648a8ad4d788aa45dd9e2..ee0d0730d0b2065ec987d07476a68abd1cc0a6d5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/snow.h
+++ b/libavcodec/snow.h
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ void ff_snow_inner_add_yblock(const uint8_t *obmc, const int obmc_stride, uint8_
 #if CONFIG_SNOW_ENCODER
 int w53_32_c(void *v, uint8_t * pix1, uint8_t * pix2, int line_size, int h);
 int w97_32_c(void *v, uint8_t * pix1, uint8_t * pix2, int line_size, int h);
-#else
-static int w53_32_c(void *v, uint8_t * pix1, uint8_t * pix2, int line_size, int h) {assert (0); return 0;}
-static int w97_32_c(void *v, uint8_t * pix1, uint8_t * pix2, int line_size, int h) {assert (0); return 0;}
 #endif
 
 void ff_spatial_dwt(int *buffer, int width, int height, int stride, int type, int decomposition_count);