diff --git a/src/array/codec/bytes_to_bytes/blosc.rs b/src/array/codec/bytes_to_bytes/blosc.rs
index 7ed4a4df..1e1952d8 100644
--- a/src/array/codec/bytes_to_bytes/blosc.rs
+++ b/src/array/codec/bytes_to_bytes/blosc.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ impl From<&str> for BloscError {
     }
 }
 
+const fn compressor_as_cstr(compressor: BloscCompressor) -> *const u8 {
+    match compressor {
+        BloscCompressor::BloscLZ => blosc_sys::BLOSC_BLOSCLZ_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
+        BloscCompressor::LZ4 => blosc_sys::BLOSC_LZ4_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
+        BloscCompressor::LZ4HC => blosc_sys::BLOSC_LZ4HC_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
+        BloscCompressor::Snappy => blosc_sys::BLOSC_SNAPPY_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
+        BloscCompressor::Zlib => blosc_sys::BLOSC_ZLIB_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
+        BloscCompressor::Zstd => blosc_sys::BLOSC_ZSTD_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
+    }
+}
+
 fn blosc_compress_bytes(
     src: &[u8],
     clevel: BloscCompressionLevel,
@@ -95,7 +106,7 @@ fn blosc_compress_bytes(
             src.as_ptr().cast::<c_void>(),
             dest.as_mut_ptr().cast::<c_void>(),
             destsize,
-            compressor.as_cstr().cast::<c_char>(),
+            compressor_as_cstr(compressor).cast::<c_char>(),
             blocksize,
             i32::try_from(numinternalthreads).unwrap(),
         )
diff --git a/src/array/codec/bytes_to_bytes/blosc/blosc_codec.rs b/src/array/codec/bytes_to_bytes/blosc/blosc_codec.rs
index 920bf8f2..b0327e11 100644
--- a/src/array/codec/bytes_to_bytes/blosc/blosc_codec.rs
+++ b/src/array/codec/bytes_to_bytes/blosc/blosc_codec.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ use crate::array::codec::AsyncBytesPartialDecoderTraits;
 
 use super::{
     blosc_compress_bytes, blosc_decompress_bytes, blosc_partial_decoder, blosc_validate,
-    BloscCodecConfiguration, BloscCodecConfigurationV1, BloscCompressionLevel, BloscCompressor,
-    BloscError, BloscShuffleMode, IDENTIFIER,
+    compressor_as_cstr, BloscCodecConfiguration, BloscCodecConfigurationV1, BloscCompressionLevel,
+    BloscCompressor, BloscError, BloscShuffleMode, IDENTIFIER,
 };
 
 /// A `blosc` codec implementation.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl BloscCodec {
         // Check that the compressor is available
         let support = unsafe {
             blosc_get_complib_info(
-                cname.as_cstr().cast::<c_char>(),
+                compressor_as_cstr(cname).cast::<c_char>(),
                 std::ptr::null_mut(),
                 std::ptr::null_mut(),
             )
diff --git a/src/metadata/v3/array/codec/blosc.rs b/src/metadata/v3/array/codec/blosc.rs
index e40ae9a1..126c46c5 100644
--- a/src/metadata/v3/array/codec/blosc.rs
+++ b/src/metadata/v3/array/codec/blosc.rs
@@ -73,20 +73,6 @@ pub enum BloscCompressor {
     Zstd,
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "blosc")]
-impl BloscCompressor {
-    pub(crate) const fn as_cstr(&self) -> *const u8 {
-        match self {
-            Self::BloscLZ => blosc_sys::BLOSC_BLOSCLZ_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
-            Self::LZ4 => blosc_sys::BLOSC_LZ4_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
-            Self::LZ4HC => blosc_sys::BLOSC_LZ4HC_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
-            Self::Snappy => blosc_sys::BLOSC_SNAPPY_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
-            Self::Zlib => blosc_sys::BLOSC_ZLIB_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
-            Self::Zstd => blosc_sys::BLOSC_ZSTD_COMPNAME.as_ptr(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// A wrapper to handle various versions of `blosc` codec configuration parameters.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Display, From)]
 #[serde(untagged)]