diff --git a/src/basic/compress.c b/src/basic/compress.c
index 97c1e03fbf..5f71eb6853 100644
--- a/src/basic/compress.c
+++ b/src/basic/compress.c
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #if HAVE_LZ4
+#include <lz4.h>
 #include <lz4hc.h>
+#include <lz4frame.h>
 #endif
 
 #if HAVE_XZ
@@ -47,8 +49,9 @@ static DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4F_decompress) = NULL;
 static DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4F_freeCompressionContext) = NULL;
 static DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4F_freeDecompressionContext) = NULL;
 static DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4F_isError) = NULL;
+static DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_compress_HC) = NULL;
+/* These are used in test-compress.c so we don't make them static. */
 DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_compress_default) = NULL;
-DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_compress_HC) = NULL;
 DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_decompress_safe) = NULL;
 DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_decompress_safe_partial) = NULL;
 DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_versionNumber) = NULL;
diff --git a/src/basic/compress.h b/src/basic/compress.h
index c2f336e9d7..dbd6bb3857 100644
--- a/src/basic/compress.h
+++ b/src/basic/compress.h
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#if HAVE_LZ4
-#include <lz4.h>
-#include <lz4frame.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "dlfcn-util.h"
 
 typedef enum Compression {
@@ -73,11 +68,6 @@ int decompress_stream_lz4(int fdf, int fdt, uint64_t max_size);
 int decompress_stream_zstd(int fdf, int fdt, uint64_t max_size);
 
 #if HAVE_LZ4
-extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_compress_default);
-extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_decompress_safe);
-extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_decompress_safe_partial);
-extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_versionNumber);
-
 int dlopen_lz4(void);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/test/test-compress.c b/src/test/test-compress.c
index 2d8732bddb..56a468ab88 100644
--- a/src/test/test-compress.c
+++ b/src/test/test-compress.c
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ _unused_ static void test_compress_stream(const char *compression,
 #endif
 
 #if HAVE_LZ4
+extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_compress_default);
+extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_decompress_safe);
+extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_decompress_safe_partial);
+extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(LZ4_versionNumber);
+
 static void test_lz4_decompress_partial(void) {
         char buf[20000], buf2[100];
         size_t buf_size = sizeof(buf), compressed;