diff --git a/tests/kat_kem.c b/tests/kat_kem.c
index 7aa12a6e50..2d79876e67 100644
--- a/tests/kat_kem.c
+++ b/tests/kat_kem.c
@@ -43,39 +43,6 @@ static void fprintBstr(FILE *fp, const char *S, const uint8_t *A, size_t L) {
 	fprintf(fp, "\n");
 }
 
-/* HQC-specific functions */
-static inline bool is_hqc(const char *method_name) {
-	return (0 == strcmp(method_name, OQS_KEM_alg_hqc_128))
-	       || (0 == strcmp(method_name, OQS_KEM_alg_hqc_192))
-	       || (0 == strcmp(method_name, OQS_KEM_alg_hqc_256));
-}
-
-static void HQC_randombytes_init(const uint8_t *entropy_input, const uint8_t *personalization_string) {
-	uint8_t domain = HQC_PRNG_DOMAIN;
-	if (shake_prng_state.ctx != NULL) {
-		OQS_SHA3_shake256_inc_ctx_reset(&shake_prng_state);
-	} else {
-		OQS_SHA3_shake256_inc_init(&shake_prng_state);
-	}
-	OQS_SHA3_shake256_inc_absorb(&shake_prng_state, entropy_input, 48);
-	if (personalization_string != NULL) {
-		OQS_SHA3_shake256_inc_absorb(&shake_prng_state, personalization_string, 48);
-	}
-	OQS_SHA3_shake256_inc_absorb(&shake_prng_state, &domain, 1);
-	OQS_SHA3_shake256_inc_finalize(&shake_prng_state);
-}
-
-static void HQC_randombytes(uint8_t *random_array, size_t bytes_to_read) {
-	OQS_SHA3_shake256_inc_squeeze(random_array, bytes_to_read, &shake_prng_state);
-}
-
-static void HQC_randombytes_free(void) {
-	if (shake_prng_state.ctx != NULL) {
-		OQS_SHA3_shake256_inc_ctx_release(&shake_prng_state);
-		shake_prng_state.ctx = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 static int is_mceliece(const char *method_name) {
 	return ( !strcmp(method_name, OQS_KEM_alg_classic_mceliece_348864)
 	         || !strcmp(method_name, OQS_KEM_alg_classic_mceliece_348864f)