diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index b4d95839..8a200d32 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ uint64_t get_absolute_time_in_fp() {
   return time_now_fp;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_METADATA
 ssize_t non_blocking_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) {
 	void *ibuf = (void *)buf;
 	size_t bytes_remaining = count;
@@ -547,6 +548,7 @@ ssize_t non_blocking_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) {
 		return rc;
   //  return write(fd,buf,count);
 }
+#endif
 
 /* from http://coding.debuntu.org/c-implementing-str_replace-replace-all-occurrences-substring#comment-722 */
 
diff --git a/shairport.c b/shairport.c
index 8c80bfec..58c1dc54 100644
--- a/shairport.c
+++ b/shairport.c
@@ -763,7 +763,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   //snprintf(config.service_name, 20 + 100, "Shairport Sync on %s", hostname);
   set_requested_connection_state_to_output(1); // we expect to be able to connect to the output device
   config.audio_backend_buffer_desired_length = 6615; // 0.15 seconds.
+#ifdef CONFIG_METADATA
   config.metadata_pipe_timeout = 5000; //milliseconds
+#endif
   config.udp_port_base = 6001;
   config.udp_port_range = 100;