diff --git a/.github/workflows/catalog-updates-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/catalog-updates-check.yaml
index d7a6f1e81..893a7a594 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/catalog-updates-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/catalog-updates-check.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check latest-dev contents
         run: |
-          python scripts/check_updates_ast.py "sql/updates/latest-dev.sql"
+          python scripts/check_updates_ast.py --latest "sql/updates/latest-dev.sql"
 
       # To allow fixing previous mistakes we run the check against reverse-dev but don't
       # fail it on errors.
diff --git a/scripts/check_updates_ast.py b/scripts/check_updates_ast.py
index 92d3793a5..44418b9cc 100644
--- a/scripts/check_updates_ast.py
+++ b/scripts/check_updates_ast.py
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ from pglast.visitors import Visitor
 from pglast import enums
 import sys
 import re
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("filename")
+parser.add_argument("--latest", action="store_true", help="process latest-dev.sql")
+args = parser.parse_args()
 
 
 class SQLVisitor(Visitor):
@@ -145,6 +151,17 @@ class SQLVisitor(Visitor):
     def visit_CreateFunctionStmt(
         self, ancestors, node
     ):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        if args.latest:
+            # C functions should only appear in actual function definition but not
+            # in latest-dev.sql as that would introduce a dependency on the library.
+            lang = [elem for elem in node.options if elem.defname == "language"]
+            if lang and lang[0].arg.sval == "c":
+                self.errors += 1
+                functype = "procedure" if node.is_procedure else "function"
+                print(
+                    f"ERROR: Attempting to create {functype} {node.funcname[1].sval} with language 'c'"
+                )
+
         if len(node.funcname) == 2 and node.funcname[0].sval == "_timescaledb_internal":
             self.errors += 1
             functype = "procedure" if node.is_procedure else "function"
@@ -173,8 +190,9 @@ def visit_sql(sql):
     return visitor.errors
 
 
-def main():
-    file = sys.argv[1]
+def main(args):
+    file = args.filename
+
     with open(file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         sql = f.read()
         errors = visit_sql(sql)
@@ -186,5 +204,5 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    main(args)
     sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/sql/updates/latest-dev.sql b/sql/updates/latest-dev.sql
index 42f8bf0d7..1427c3dd6 100644
--- a/sql/updates/latest-dev.sql
+++ b/sql/updates/latest-dev.sql
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CREATE FUNCTION @extschema@.enable_column_stats(
     column_name             NAME,
     if_not_exists           BOOLEAN = FALSE
 ) RETURNS TABLE(column_stats_id INT, enabled BOOL)
-AS '@MODULE_PATHNAME@', 'ts_chunk_column_stats_enable' LANGUAGE C VOLATILE;
+AS 'SELECT NULL,NULL' LANGUAGE SQL VOLATILE SET search_path = pg_catalog, pg_temp;
 
 -- Disable tracking of statistics on a column of a hypertable.
 --
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CREATE FUNCTION @extschema@.disable_column_stats(
     column_name             NAME,
     if_not_exists           BOOLEAN = FALSE
 ) RETURNS TABLE(hypertable_id INT, column_name NAME, disabled BOOL)
-AS '@MODULE_PATHNAME@', 'ts_chunk_column_stats_disable' LANGUAGE C VOLATILE;
+AS 'SELECT NULL,NULL,NULL' LANGUAGE SQL VOLATILE SET search_path = pg_catalog, pg_temp;
 
 -- Track statistics for columns of chunks from a hypertable.
 -- Currently, we track the min/max range for a given column across chunks.