diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f62b47..56b068a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/googletest/googletest/include>)
 
   add_executable(low_level_alloc_unittest src/base/low_level_alloc.cc
-          src/malloc_hook.cc
           src/tests/low_level_alloc_unittest.cc)
   target_compile_definitions(low_level_alloc_unittest PRIVATE NO_TCMALLOC_SAMPLES PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL= )
   target_link_libraries(low_level_alloc_unittest common gtest)
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2fab17c..60d0efd 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ proc_maps_iterator_test_LDADD = libcommon.la libgtest.la
 if WITH_HEAP_PROFILER_OR_CHECKER
 TESTS += low_level_alloc_unittest
 low_level_alloc_unittest_SOURCES = src/base/low_level_alloc.cc \
-                                   src/malloc_hook.cc \
                                    src/tests/low_level_alloc_unittest.cc
 # By default, MallocHook takes stack traces for use by the heap-checker.
 # We don't need that functionality here, so we turn it off to reduce deps.
diff --git a/src/base/low_level_alloc.cc b/src/base/low_level_alloc.cc
index 90553e9..fda4fcd 100644
--- a/src/base/low_level_alloc.cc
+++ b/src/base/low_level_alloc.cc
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
 #include "base/spinlock.h"
 #include "base/static_storage.h"
 
-// FIXME (need hooks?)
-#include "malloc_hook-inl.h"
-#include <gperftools/malloc_hook.h>
-
 #include "memmap.h"
 
 // A first-fit allocator with amortized logarithmic free() time.
diff --git a/src/tests/low_level_alloc_unittest.cc b/src/tests/low_level_alloc_unittest.cc
index 4eee06d..bfcc914 100644
--- a/src/tests/low_level_alloc_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/tests/low_level_alloc_unittest.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <map>
 
-#include <gperftools/malloc_hook.h>
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
 // a block of memory obtained from the allocator