diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
index f94e1e4ceb295ed1cd13b1028ba389faac50224a..ec86280ebee847e6aa45b503c7f798a535efd4bd 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
@@ -4608,11 +4608,12 @@ void ivas_binRenderer_close(
     BINAURAL_RENDERER_HANDLE *hBinRenderer                      /* i/o: decoder binaural renderer handle                */
 );
 
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
 void ivas_binaural_cldfb(
     Decoder_Struct *st_ivas,                                    /* i/o: IVAS decoder structure                                  */
     float output_f[][L_FRAME48k]                                /* i/o: synthesized core-coder transport channels/DirAC output  */
 );
-
+#endif
 void ivas_binRenderer(
     BINAURAL_RENDERER_HANDLE hBinRenderer,                      /* i/o: fastconv binaural renderer handle                       */
     HEAD_TRACK_DATA_HANDLE hHeadTrackData,                      /* i/o: head track handle                                       */
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index a5193624e92a95c6f117288e44cb91d93d97b0e2..989143e5c6a61219c9a7b6e44aba6c68f691762f 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 #define MC_JBM                                          /* FhG: extend JBM beyond mono for running IVAS in VoIP mode (contribution 19) */
 #define FIX_265_MC_BRATE_SWITCHING                      /* Issue 265: fix use-of-uninitialized-value in MC bitrate switching */
 #define FIX_ANGLE_WRAPPING								/* Issue 244: Problems with angle wrapping*/
+#define FIX_272_COV                                     /* Issue 272: Cleanup for code coverage related to calls to ivas_binaural_cldfb() */
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
index 7176a008862d2e391224e205028633b38d87edbe..642d02315ab10d470b6794c18939f032dc97c9de 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
@@ -210,10 +210,12 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec(
                 ivas_crend_process( st_ivas, output );
                 ivas_binaural_add_LFE( st_ivas, output_frame, output );
             }
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
             else if ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV || st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV_ROOM )
             {
                 ivas_binaural_cldfb( st_ivas, output );
             }
+#endif
         }
     }
     else if ( st_ivas->ivas_format == SBA_FORMAT || st_ivas->ivas_format == MASA_FORMAT )
@@ -394,11 +396,13 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec(
                 ivas_crend_process( st_ivas, output );
                 ivas_binaural_add_LFE( st_ivas, output_frame, output );
             }
+#ifndef FIX_272_COV
             else if ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV || st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV_ROOM )
             {
                 ivas_binaural_cldfb( st_ivas, output );
                 ivas_binaural_add_LFE( st_ivas, output_frame, output );
             }
+#endif
             else if ( st_ivas->renderer_type == RENDERER_MC )
             {
                 ivas_ls_setup_conversion( st_ivas, output_frame, output );
diff --git a/lib_rend/ivas_binauralRenderer.c b/lib_rend/ivas_binauralRenderer.c
index 1443766b604f314429fa637f0182841204cbd91a..d266c5c9557ea2cebd38a93bc46a2ba5b0366168 100644
--- a/lib_rend/ivas_binauralRenderer.c
+++ b/lib_rend/ivas_binauralRenderer.c
@@ -807,8 +807,9 @@ void ivas_binaural_add_LFE(
 }
 
 
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*
- * ivas_binRenderer_cldfb()
+ * ivas_binaural_cldfb()
  *
  * Perform CLDFB analysis, fastconv binaural rendering and CLDFB synthesis
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -880,6 +881,7 @@ void ivas_binaural_cldfb(
 
     return;
 }
+#endif
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------