diff --git a/test/convolve_test.cc b/test/convolve_test.cc
index 3412ddd23..6af2abb79 100644
--- a/test/convolve_test.cc
+++ b/test/convolve_test.cc
@@ -645,6 +645,26 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(SSSE3, ConvolveTest, ::testing::Values(
 #endif
 
 #if HAVE_AVX2
+// TODO(jzern): these prototypes can be removed after the avx2 versions are
+// reenabled in vp9_rtcd_defs.pl.
+extern "C" {
+void vp9_convolve8_vert_avx2(const uint8_t *src, ptrdiff_t src_stride,
+                             uint8_t *dst, ptrdiff_t dst_stride,
+                             const int16_t *filter_x, int x_step_q4,
+                             const int16_t *filter_y, int y_step_q4,
+                             int w, int h);
+void vp9_convolve8_horiz_avx2(const uint8_t *src, ptrdiff_t src_stride,
+                              uint8_t *dst, ptrdiff_t dst_stride,
+                              const int16_t *filter_x, int x_step_q4,
+                              const int16_t *filter_y, int y_step_q4,
+                              int w, int h);
+void vp9_convolve8_avx2(const uint8_t *src, ptrdiff_t src_stride,
+                        uint8_t *dst, ptrdiff_t dst_stride,
+                        const int16_t *filter_x, int x_step_q4,
+                        const int16_t *filter_y, int y_step_q4,
+                        int w, int h);
+}
+
 const ConvolveFunctions convolve8_avx2(
     vp9_convolve8_horiz_avx2, vp9_convolve8_avg_horiz_ssse3,
     vp9_convolve8_vert_avx2, vp9_convolve8_avg_vert_ssse3,
@@ -655,8 +675,10 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(AVX2, ConvolveTest, ::testing::Values(
     make_tuple(8, 4, &convolve8_avx2),
     make_tuple(4, 8, &convolve8_avx2),
     make_tuple(8, 8, &convolve8_avx2),
+    make_tuple(8, 16, &convolve8_avx2)));
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(DISABLED_AVX2, ConvolveTest, ::testing::Values(
     make_tuple(16, 8, &convolve8_avx2),
-    make_tuple(8, 16, &convolve8_avx2),
     make_tuple(16, 16, &convolve8_avx2),
     make_tuple(32, 16, &convolve8_avx2),
     make_tuple(16, 32, &convolve8_avx2),
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_rtcd_defs.pl b/vp9/common/vp9_rtcd_defs.pl
index 09ce72ef2..d5ba6a22e 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_rtcd_defs.pl
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_rtcd_defs.pl
@@ -305,15 +305,15 @@ specialize qw/vp9_convolve_avg neon_asm dspr2/, "$sse2_x86inc";
 $vp9_convolve_avg_neon_asm=vp9_convolve_avg_neon;
 
 add_proto qw/void vp9_convolve8/, "const uint8_t *src, ptrdiff_t src_stride, uint8_t *dst, ptrdiff_t dst_stride, const int16_t *filter_x, int x_step_q4, const int16_t *filter_y, int y_step_q4, int w, int h";
-specialize qw/vp9_convolve8 sse2 ssse3 avx2 neon_asm dspr2/;
+specialize qw/vp9_convolve8 sse2 ssse3 neon_asm dspr2/;
 $vp9_convolve8_neon_asm=vp9_convolve8_neon;
 
 add_proto qw/void vp9_convolve8_horiz/, "const uint8_t *src, ptrdiff_t src_stride, uint8_t *dst, ptrdiff_t dst_stride, const int16_t *filter_x, int x_step_q4, const int16_t *filter_y, int y_step_q4, int w, int h";
-specialize qw/vp9_convolve8_horiz sse2 ssse3 avx2 neon_asm dspr2/;
+specialize qw/vp9_convolve8_horiz sse2 ssse3 neon_asm dspr2/;
 $vp9_convolve8_horiz_neon_asm=vp9_convolve8_horiz_neon;
 
 add_proto qw/void vp9_convolve8_vert/, "const uint8_t *src, ptrdiff_t src_stride, uint8_t *dst, ptrdiff_t dst_stride, const int16_t *filter_x, int x_step_q4, const int16_t *filter_y, int y_step_q4, int w, int h";
-specialize qw/vp9_convolve8_vert sse2 ssse3 avx2 neon_asm dspr2/;
+specialize qw/vp9_convolve8_vert sse2 ssse3 neon_asm dspr2/;
 $vp9_convolve8_vert_neon_asm=vp9_convolve8_vert_neon;
 
 add_proto qw/void vp9_convolve8_avg/, "const uint8_t *src, ptrdiff_t src_stride, uint8_t *dst, ptrdiff_t dst_stride, const int16_t *filter_x, int x_step_q4, const int16_t *filter_y, int y_step_q4, int w, int h";