diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
index c90536ad7..9e5c5144b 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
@@ -1340,8 +1340,9 @@ ZSTD_decodeSequence(seqState_t* seqState, const ZSTD_longOffset_e longOffsets, c
     return seq;
 }
 
-#ifdef FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION
-MEM_STATIC int ZSTD_dictionaryIsActive(ZSTD_DCtx const* dctx, BYTE const* prefixStart, BYTE const* oLitEnd)
+#if defined(FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION) && defined(FUZZING_ASSERT_VALID_SEQUENCE)
+#if DEBUGLEVEL >= 1
+static int ZSTD_dictionaryIsActive(ZSTD_DCtx const* dctx, BYTE const* prefixStart, BYTE const* oLitEnd)
 {
     size_t const windowSize = dctx->fParams.windowSize;
     /* No dictionary used. */
@@ -1355,8 +1356,9 @@ MEM_STATIC int ZSTD_dictionaryIsActive(ZSTD_DCtx const* dctx, BYTE const* prefix
     /* Dictionary is active. */
     return 1;
 }
+#endif
 
-MEM_STATIC void ZSTD_assertValidSequence(
+static void ZSTD_assertValidSequence(
         ZSTD_DCtx const* dctx,
         BYTE const* op, BYTE const* oend,
         seq_t const seq,