diff --git a/build_detect_platform b/build_detect_platform
index b71bf02..864e5fb 100755
--- a/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_detect_platform
@@ -128,24 +128,8 @@ EOF
         COMMON_FLAGS="$COMMON_FLAGS -DLEVELDB_PLATFORM_POSIX"
     fi
 
-    # Test whether Snappy library is installed
-    # http://code.google.com/p/snappy/
-    $CXX $CFLAGS -x c++ - -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
-      #include <snappy.h>
-      int main() {}
-EOF
-    if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
-        COMMON_FLAGS="$COMMON_FLAGS -DSNAPPY"
-        PLATFORM_LDFLAGS="$PLATFORM_LDFLAGS -lsnappy"
-    fi
+# Removed tests for TCMALLOC and SNAPPY to prevent additional dependencies.
 
-    # Test whether tcmalloc is available
-    $CXX $CFLAGS -x c++ - -o /dev/null -ltcmalloc 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
-      int main() {}
-EOF
-    if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
-        PLATFORM_LDFLAGS="$PLATFORM_LDFLAGS -ltcmalloc"
-    fi
 fi
 
 PLATFORM_CCFLAGS="$PLATFORM_CCFLAGS $COMMON_FLAGS"