diff --git a/libs/ardour/wscript b/libs/ardour/wscript
index 65d2c4a10c..90289517c8 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/wscript
+++ b/libs/ardour/wscript
@@ -284,20 +284,6 @@ libardour_sources = [
         'worker.cc'
 ]
 
-def flac_supported():
-    cmd = subprocess.Popen ("sndfile-info testfile.flac",
-                            stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
-                            stderr = subprocess.STDOUT, shell = True)
-    out = cmd.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8')
-    return re.search ('unknown format', out) is None
-
-def ogg_supported():
-    cmd = subprocess.Popen ("sndfile-info testfile.ogg",
-                            stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
-                            stderr = subprocess.STDOUT, shell = True)
-    out = cmd.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8')
-    return re.search ('unknown format', out) is None
-
 def options(opt):
     autowaf.set_options(opt)
 
@@ -366,11 +352,6 @@ def configure(conf):
 
     conf.check(header_name='unistd.h', define_name='HAVE_UNISTD',mandatory=False)
 
-    if flac_supported():
-        conf.define ('HAVE_FLAC', 1)
-    if ogg_supported():
-        conf.define ('HAVE_OGG', 1)
-
     conf.write_config_header('libardour-config.h', remove=False)
 
     # Boost headers
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diff --git a/testfile.ogg b/testfile.ogg
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index afc5a7a823..0000000000
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