diff --git a/build_detect_platform b/build_detect_platform
index d50869d0c210c..4f175c1d822aa 100755
--- a/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_detect_platform
@@ -173,17 +173,6 @@ EOF
         COMMON_FLAGS="$COMMON_FLAGS -DLEVELDB_PLATFORM_POSIX"
     fi
 
-    # Test whether Snappy library is installed
-    # http://code.google.com/p/snappy/
-    $CXX $CXXFLAGS -x c++ - -o $CXXOUTPUT 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
-      #include <snappy.h>
-      int main() {}
-EOF
-    if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
-        COMMON_FLAGS="$COMMON_FLAGS -DSNAPPY"
-        PLATFORM_LIBS="$PLATFORM_LIBS -lsnappy"
-    fi
-
     # Test whether tcmalloc is available
     $CXX $CXXFLAGS -x c++ - -o $CXXOUTPUT -ltcmalloc 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
       int main() {}