diff --git a/racket/src/expander/extract/decompile.rkt b/racket/src/expander/extract/decompile.rkt
index 4430826663..2e6a64bc36 100644
--- a/racket/src/expander/extract/decompile.rkt
+++ b/racket/src/expander/extract/decompile.rkt
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 (provide compile-and-decompile)
 
 (define (compile-and-decompile linklet-expr print-extracted-to #:as-bytecode? as-bytecode?)
-  (unless compile-linklet
-    (error "Host Racket does not support linklet compilation"))
-  
   (log-status "Compiling and decompiling linklet to ~a" print-extracted-to)
 
   (define linklet (compile-linklet linklet-expr))
@@ -28,9 +25,3 @@
                 [zo ((dynamic-require 'compiler/zo-parse 'zo-parse) i)]
                 [decompiled-expr ((dynamic-require 'compiler/decompile 'decompile) zo)])
            (pretty-write decompiled-expr o))))))
-
-(define compile-linklet
-  (hash-ref (primitive-table '#%linklet) 'compile-linklet #f))
-
-(define hash->linklet-bundle
-  (hash-ref (primitive-table '#%linklet) 'hash->linklet-bundle #f))