diff --git a/hdf/src/hcomp.c b/hdf/src/hcomp.c
index fd4ce738f..c64db3fcf 100644
--- a/hdf/src/hcomp.c
+++ b/hdf/src/hcomp.c
@@ -143,14 +143,6 @@ funclist_t comp_funcs = {
 static int32
 HCIinit_coder(int16 acc_mode, comp_coder_info_t *cinfo, comp_coder_t coder_type, comp_info *c_info)
 {
-    uint32 comp_config_info;
-
-    HCget_config_info(coder_type, &comp_config_info);
-    if ((comp_config_info & (COMP_DECODER_ENABLED | COMP_ENCODER_ENABLED)) == 0) {
-        /* coder not present */
-        HRETURN_ERROR(DFE_BADCODER, FAIL);
-    }
-
     switch (coder_type) {                        /* determine the type of encoding */
         case COMP_CODE_NONE:                     /* "none" (i.e. no) encoding */
             cinfo->coder_type  = COMP_CODE_NONE; /* set coding type */
diff --git a/mfhdf/dumper/testfiles/dumpsds-15.out b/mfhdf/dumper/testfiles/dumpsds-15.out
index e21c84daf..5024ed018 100644
--- a/mfhdf/dumper/testfiles/dumpsds-15.out
+++ b/mfhdf/dumper/testfiles/dumpsds-15.out
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ Variable Name = SDSszip
 	 Type= 32-bit signed integer
 	 Ref. = 6
 	 Compression method = SZIP
-		 Compression information is unavailable (no SZIP library)
+		 Option mask = H4_SZ_EC_OPTION_MASK|H4_SZ_RAW_OPTION_MASK (132)
+		 Pixels per block = 2
+		 Pixels per scanline = 5
+		 Bits per pixel = 32
+		 Pixels = 80
 	 Compression ratio (original:compressed) = 2.67:1
 	 Rank = 2
 	 Number of attributes = 0