diff --git a/test-apps/test-client.c b/test-apps/test-client.c
index 3eae37e372bd47130088acb4823ef69d4bc9ddcf..d8021c2caffd12dca92d11fe36641a331d6e4f44 100644
--- a/test-apps/test-client.c
+++ b/test-apps/test-client.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static const struct lws_protocols protocols[] = {
 	{ NULL, NULL, 0, 0 } /* end */
 };
 
-#if defined(LWS_ROLE_WS)
+#if defined(LWS_ROLE_WS) && !defined(LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS)
 static const struct lws_extension exts[] = {
 	{
 		"permessage-deflate",
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	info.protocols = protocols;
 	info.gid = -1;
 	info.uid = -1;
-#if defined(LWS_ROLE_WS)
+#if defined(LWS_ROLE_WS) && !defined(LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS)
 	info.extensions = exts;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test-apps/test-server.c b/test-apps/test-server.c
index 837136c04f990da1d0e243cf06cb54a2e073b11a..cd83d9c4938650e1016b89ca1e206430c732bd9d 100644
--- a/test-apps/test-server.c
+++ b/test-apps/test-server.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void sighandler(int sig)
 	lws_cancel_service(context);
 }
 
-#if defined(LWS_ROLE_WS)
+#if defined(LWS_ROLE_WS) && !defined(LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS)
 static const struct lws_extension exts[] = {
 	{
 		"permessage-deflate",
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	info.gid = gid;
 	info.uid = uid;
 	info.options = opts | LWS_SERVER_OPTION_VALIDATE_UTF8 | LWS_SERVER_OPTION_EXPLICIT_VHOSTS;
-#if defined(LWS_ROLE_WS)
+#if defined(LWS_ROLE_WS) && !defined(LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS)
 	info.extensions = exts;
 #endif
 	info.timeout_secs = 5;