diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/CompressorSubstitutions.java b/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/CompressorSubstitutions.java
index 889e4e1c137..f4578720f23 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/CompressorSubstitutions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/protocol/CompressorSubstitutions.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.context.DriverContext;
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.internal.core.util.GraalDependencyChecker;
 import com.datastax.oss.protocol.internal.Compressor;
-import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.Delete;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.Substitute;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.TargetClass;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
@@ -82,14 +81,6 @@ public static Compressor<ByteBuf> newInstance(String name, DriverContext context
     }
   }
 
-  @TargetClass(value = Lz4Compressor.class, onlyWith = Lz4Missing.class)
-  @Delete
-  public static final class DeleteLz4Compressor {}
-
-  @TargetClass(value = SnappyCompressor.class)
-  @Delete
-  public static final class DeleteSnappyCompressor {}
-
   public static class Lz4Present implements BooleanSupplier {
     @Override
     public boolean getAsBoolean() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.datastax.oss/java-driver-core/native-image.properties b/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.datastax.oss/java-driver-core/native-image.properties
index b2fb10d32c8..7900d35f81a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.datastax.oss/java-driver-core/native-image.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.datastax.oss/java-driver-core/native-image.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Args=-H:IncludeResources=reference\\.conf \
   -H:IncludeResources=application\\.properties \
   -H:IncludeResources=.*Driver\\.properties \
   -H:DynamicProxyConfigurationResources=${.}/proxy.json \
-  -H:ReflectionConfigurationResources=${.}/reflection.json
+  -H:ReflectionConfigurationResources=${.}/reflection.json \
+  --initialize-at-build-time=com.datastax.oss.driver.internal.core.util.Dependency