diff --git a/build/meson/lib/meson.build b/build/meson/lib/meson.build
index 053ece2ca05..35802298000 100644
--- a/build/meson/lib/meson.build
+++ b/build/meson/lib/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ libzstd_sources = [join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/entropy_common.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/threading.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/pool.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/zstd_common.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/zstd_trace.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/error_private.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/xxhash.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/compress/hist.c'),
diff --git a/lib/common/zstd_trace.c b/lib/common/zstd_trace.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a147e9a544..00000000000
--- a/lib/common/zstd_trace.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under both the BSD-style license (found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree) and the GPLv2 (found
- * in the COPYING file in the root directory of this source tree).
- * You may select, at your option, one of the above-listed licenses.
- */
-
-#include "zstd_trace.h"
-#include "../zstd.h"
-
-#include "compiler.h"
-
-#if ZSTD_TRACE && ZSTD_HAVE_WEAK_SYMBOLS
-
-ZSTD_WEAK_ATTR ZSTD_TraceCtx ZSTD_trace_compress_begin(ZSTD_CCtx const* cctx)
-{
-    (void)cctx;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-ZSTD_WEAK_ATTR void ZSTD_trace_compress_end(ZSTD_TraceCtx ctx, ZSTD_Trace const* trace)
-{
-    (void)ctx;
-    (void)trace;
-}
-
-ZSTD_WEAK_ATTR ZSTD_TraceCtx ZSTD_trace_decompress_begin(ZSTD_DCtx const* dctx)
-{
-    (void)dctx;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-ZSTD_WEAK_ATTR void ZSTD_trace_decompress_end(ZSTD_TraceCtx ctx, ZSTD_Trace const* trace)
-{
-    (void)ctx;
-    (void)trace;
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/lib/common/zstd_trace.h b/lib/common/zstd_trace.h
index 8166ef8e06d..2da5640771d 100644
--- a/lib/common/zstd_trace.h
+++ b/lib/common/zstd_trace.h
@@ -114,14 +114,15 @@ typedef unsigned long long ZSTD_TraceCtx;
  * @returns Non-zero if tracing is enabled. The return value is
  *          passed to ZSTD_trace_compress_end().
  */
-ZSTD_TraceCtx ZSTD_trace_compress_begin(struct ZSTD_CCtx_s const* cctx);
+ZSTD_WEAK_ATTR ZSTD_TraceCtx ZSTD_trace_compress_begin(
+    struct ZSTD_CCtx_s const* cctx);
 
 /**
  * Trace the end of a compression call.
  * @param ctx The return value of ZSTD_trace_compress_begin().
  * @param trace The zstd tracing info.
  */
-void ZSTD_trace_compress_end(
+ZSTD_WEAK_ATTR void ZSTD_trace_compress_end(
     ZSTD_TraceCtx ctx,
     ZSTD_Trace const* trace);
 
@@ -132,14 +133,15 @@ void ZSTD_trace_compress_end(
  * @returns Non-zero if tracing is enabled. The return value is
  *          passed to ZSTD_trace_compress_end().
  */
-ZSTD_TraceCtx ZSTD_trace_decompress_begin(struct ZSTD_DCtx_s const* dctx);
+ZSTD_WEAK_ATTR ZSTD_TraceCtx ZSTD_trace_decompress_begin(
+    struct ZSTD_DCtx_s const* dctx);
 
 /**
  * Trace the end of a decompression call.
  * @param ctx The return value of ZSTD_trace_decompress_begin().
  * @param trace The zstd tracing info.
  */
-void ZSTD_trace_decompress_end(
+ZSTD_WEAK_ATTR void ZSTD_trace_decompress_end(
     ZSTD_TraceCtx ctx,
     ZSTD_Trace const* trace);
 
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index d39e74b3c20..5f4c98eaad0 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -4379,7 +4379,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBegin_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
                                     ZSTD_buffered_policy_e zbuff)
 {
 #if ZSTD_TRACE
-    cctx->traceCtx = ZSTD_trace_compress_begin(cctx);
+    cctx->traceCtx = (ZSTD_trace_compress_begin != NULL) ? ZSTD_trace_compress_begin(cctx) : 0;
 #endif
     DEBUGLOG(4, "ZSTD_compressBegin_internal: wlog=%u", params->cParams.windowLog);
     /* params are supposed to be fully validated at this point */
@@ -4510,7 +4510,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_writeEpilogue(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, void* dst, size_t dstCapacity)
 void ZSTD_CCtx_trace(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, size_t extraCSize)
 {
 #if ZSTD_TRACE
-    if (cctx->traceCtx) {
+    if (cctx->traceCtx && ZSTD_trace_compress_end != NULL) {
         int const streaming = cctx->inBuffSize > 0 || cctx->outBuffSize > 0 || cctx->appliedParams.nbWorkers > 0;
         ZSTD_Trace trace;
         ZSTD_memset(&trace, 0, sizeof(trace));
@@ -5456,7 +5456,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_CCtx_init_compressStream2(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
     }
     if (params.nbWorkers > 0) {
 #if ZSTD_TRACE
-        cctx->traceCtx = ZSTD_trace_compress_begin(cctx);
+        cctx->traceCtx = (ZSTD_trace_compress_begin != NULL) ? ZSTD_trace_compress_begin(cctx) : 0;
 #endif
         /* mt context creation */
         if (cctx->mtctx == NULL) {
diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
index ca3afaf605f..910bc034c00 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_setRleBlock(void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
 static void ZSTD_DCtx_trace_end(ZSTD_DCtx const* dctx, U64 uncompressedSize, U64 compressedSize, unsigned streaming)
 {
 #if ZSTD_TRACE
-    if (dctx->traceCtx) {
+    if (dctx->traceCtx && ZSTD_trace_decompress_end != NULL) {
         ZSTD_Trace trace;
         ZSTD_memset(&trace, 0, sizeof(trace));
         trace.version = ZSTD_VERSION_NUMBER;
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_decompressBegin(ZSTD_DCtx* dctx)
 {
     assert(dctx != NULL);
 #if ZSTD_TRACE
-    dctx->traceCtx = ZSTD_trace_decompress_begin(dctx);
+    dctx->traceCtx = (ZSTD_trace_decompress_begin != NULL) ? ZSTD_trace_decompress_begin(dctx) : 0;
 #endif
     dctx->expected = ZSTD_startingInputLength(dctx->format);  /* dctx->format must be properly set */
     dctx->stage = ZSTDds_getFrameHeaderSize;