diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/lapack/include/lapack_reference_wrappers.hpp b/tests/unit_tests/lapack/include/lapack_reference_wrappers.hpp
index 9e28e9feb..2f500274c 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/lapack/include/lapack_reference_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/lapack/include/lapack_reference_wrappers.hpp
@@ -27,13 +27,8 @@
 #endif
 #define WeirdNEC
 extern "C" {
-#ifdef USE_MKLREF
-#include <mkl_cblas.h>
-#include <mkl_lapacke.h>
-#else
 #include "cblas.h"
 #include "lapacke.h"
-#endif
 }
 static_assert(sizeof(lapack_int) == 8);
 static_assert(sizeof(CBLAS_INT) == 8);