diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 89a4fcea4a..cbb076e411 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1104,7 +1104,6 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     loongson
     lrint
     lrintf
-    lzo1x_999_compress
     machine_ioctl_bt848_h
     machine_ioctl_meteor_h
     malloc_h
@@ -2868,7 +2867,6 @@ check_func  sched_getaffinity
 check_func  sysconf
 check_func  sysctl
 check_func_headers io.h setmode
-check_func_headers lzo/lzo1x.h lzo1x_999_compress
 check_lib2 "windows.h psapi.h" GetProcessMemoryInfo -lpsapi
 check_func_headers windows.h GetProcessAffinityMask
 check_func_headers windows.h GetProcessTimes
diff --git a/libavutil/Makefile b/libavutil/Makefile
index f7c8a61bf8..03a4625e7e 100644
--- a/libavutil/Makefile
+++ b/libavutil/Makefile
@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ OBJS-$(ARCH_X86) += x86/cpu.o
 
 TESTPROGS = adler32 aes avstring base64 cpu crc des eval fifo lfg lls \
             md5 opt parseutils rational sha tree
-TESTPROGS-$(HAVE_LZO1X_999_COMPRESS) += lzo
 
 DIRS = arm avr32 bfin mips ppc sh4 tomi x86
 
 ARCH_HEADERS = bswap.h intmath.h intreadwrite.h timer.h
-
-$(SUBDIR)lzo-test$(EXESUF): ELIBS = -llzo2
diff --git a/libavutil/lzo.c b/libavutil/lzo.c
index 26cda12112..fec3edb9c0 100644
--- a/libavutil/lzo.c
+++ b/libavutil/lzo.c
@@ -241,47 +241,3 @@ int av_lzo1x_decode(void *out, int *outlen, const void *in, int *inlen) {
     *outlen = c.out_end - c.out;
     return c.error;
 }
-
-#ifdef TEST
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <lzo/lzo1x.h>
-#include "log.h"
-#define MAXSZ (10*1024*1024)
-
-/* Define one of these to 1 if you wish to benchmark liblzo
- * instead of our native implementation. */
-#define BENCHMARK_LIBLZO_SAFE   0
-#define BENCHMARK_LIBLZO_UNSAFE 0
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-    FILE *in = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
-    uint8_t *orig = av_malloc(MAXSZ + 16);
-    uint8_t *comp = av_malloc(2*MAXSZ + 16);
-    uint8_t *decomp = av_malloc(MAXSZ + 16);
-    size_t s = fread(orig, 1, MAXSZ, in);
-    lzo_uint clen = 0;
-    long tmp[LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS];
-    int inlen, outlen;
-    int i;
-    av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_DEBUG);
-    lzo1x_999_compress(orig, s, comp, &clen, tmp);
-    for (i = 0; i < 300; i++) {
-START_TIMER
-        inlen = clen; outlen = MAXSZ;
-#if BENCHMARK_LIBLZO_SAFE
-        if (lzo1x_decompress_safe(comp, inlen, decomp, &outlen, NULL))
-#elif BENCHMARK_LIBLZO_UNSAFE
-        if (lzo1x_decompress(comp, inlen, decomp, &outlen, NULL))
-#else
-        if (av_lzo1x_decode(decomp, &outlen, comp, &inlen))
-#endif
-            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "decompression error\n");
-STOP_TIMER("lzod")
-    }
-    if (memcmp(orig, decomp, s))
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "decompression incorrect\n");
-    else
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "decompression OK\n");
-    return 0;
-}
-#endif