diff --git a/c-blosc b/c-blosc
index 9fae1c9a..98aad98d 160000
--- a/c-blosc
+++ b/c-blosc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9fae1c9acb659159321aca69aefcdbce663e2374
+Subproject commit 98aad98d0fee2e4acccec78fbb19fb51e1107bf9
diff --git a/numcodecs/tests/common.py b/numcodecs/tests/common.py
index e95c89c6..445849a1 100644
--- a/numcodecs/tests/common.py
+++ b/numcodecs/tests/common.py
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ def check_backwards_compatibility(codec_id, arrays, codecs, precision=None, pref
 
         for j, codec in enumerate(codecs):
 
+            if codec is None:
+                pytest.skip("codec has been removed")
+
             # setup a directory to hold encoded data
             codec_dir = os.path.join(fixture_dir, 'codec.{:02d}'.format(j))
             if not os.path.exists(codec_dir):  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/numcodecs/tests/test_blosc.py b/numcodecs/tests/test_blosc.py
index 168d5f2f..ceae4e06 100644
--- a/numcodecs/tests/test_blosc.py
+++ b/numcodecs/tests/test_blosc.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     Blosc(cname='zlib', clevel=1, shuffle=0),
     Blosc(cname='zstd', clevel=1, shuffle=1),
     Blosc(cname='blosclz', clevel=1, shuffle=2),
-    Blosc(cname='snappy', clevel=1, shuffle=2),
+    None,  # was snappy
     Blosc(shuffle=Blosc.SHUFFLE, blocksize=0),
     Blosc(shuffle=Blosc.SHUFFLE, blocksize=2**8),
     Blosc(cname='lz4', clevel=1, shuffle=Blosc.NOSHUFFLE, blocksize=2**8),
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@
 ]
 
 
+def _skip_null(codec):
+    if codec is None:
+        pytest.skip("codec has been removed")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope='module', params=[True, False, None])
 def use_threads(request):
     return request.param
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ def use_threads(request):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('array', arrays)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('codec', codecs)
 def test_encode_decode(array, codec):
+    _skip_null(codec)
     check_encode_decode(array, codec)
 
 
@@ -77,6 +83,7 @@ def test_encode_decode(array, codec):
                                    else pytest.param(x, marks=[pytest.mark.xfail])
                                    for x in arrays])
 def test_partial_decode(codec, array):
+    _skip_null(codec)
     check_encode_decode_partial(array, codec)
 
 
@@ -143,7 +150,6 @@ def test_compress_complib(use_threads):
         'lz4': 'LZ4',
         'lz4hc': 'LZ4',
         'blosclz': 'BloscLZ',
-        'snappy': 'Snappy',
         'zlib': 'Zlib',
         'zstd': 'Zstd',
     }
@@ -257,6 +263,7 @@ def test_err_encode_object_buffer():
 
 def test_decompression_error_handling():
     for codec in codecs:
+        _skip_null(codec)
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
             codec.decode(bytearray())
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
@@ -265,5 +272,6 @@ def test_decompression_error_handling():
 
 def test_max_buffer_size():
     for codec in codecs:
+        _skip_null(codec)
         assert codec.max_buffer_size == 2**31 - 1
         check_max_buffer_size(codec)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fc9c6996..c8622fd6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def blosc_extension():
     include_dirs += [d for d in glob('c-blosc/internal-complibs/*/*/*')
                      if os.path.isdir(d)]
     define_macros += [('HAVE_LZ4', 1),
-                      ('HAVE_SNAPPY', 1),
+                      # ('HAVE_SNAPPY', 1),
                       ('HAVE_ZLIB', 1),
                       ('HAVE_ZSTD', 1)]
     # define_macros += [('CYTHON_TRACE', '1')]