diff --git a/test/lib/util/io_channel/Makefile b/test/lib/util/io_channel/Makefile
index 4c32f8e30..90974e6a0 100644
--- a/test/lib/util/io_channel/Makefile
+++ b/test/lib/util/io_channel/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 SPDK_LIBS += $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/lib/log/libspdk_log.a \
-	     $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/lib/util/libspdk_util.a \
 	     $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/lib/cunit/libspdk_cunit.a
 
 CFLAGS += $(DPDK_INC)
diff --git a/test/lib/util/util.sh b/test/lib/util/util.sh
index 22d5731d1..665fbd622 100755
--- a/test/lib/util/util.sh
+++ b/test/lib/util/util.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
 timing_enter util
 
 $testdir/bit_array/bit_array_ut
+$testdir/io_channel/io_channel_ut
 
 timing_exit util
diff --git a/unittest.sh b/unittest.sh
index 2c3041954..6f34b39ea 100755
--- a/unittest.sh
+++ b/unittest.sh
@@ -49,5 +49,7 @@ test/lib/scsi/lun/lun_ut
 #test/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev/scsi_bdev_ut
 
 make -C test/lib/util/bit_array CONFIG_WERROR=y
+make -C test/lib/util/io_channel CONFIG_WERROR=y
 
 test/lib/util/bit_array/bit_array_ut
+test/lib/util/io_channel/io_channel_ut