diff --git a/lib/emscripten/src/macros.rs b/lib/emscripten/src/macros.rs
index fe2bd1a7f..8b1378917 100644
--- a/lib/emscripten/src/macros.rs
+++ b/lib/emscripten/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-macro_rules! debug {
-    ($fmt:expr) => (if cfg!(any(debug_assertions, feature="debug")) { println!(concat!("wasmer-runtime(:{})::", $fmt), line!()) });
-    ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => (if cfg!(any(debug_assertions, feature="debug")) { println!(concat!("wasmer-runtime(:{})::", $fmt, "\n"), line!(), $($arg)*) });
-}
+
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/macros.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/macros.rs
index 4d42c3157..52bf892ce 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/macros.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-#![allow(unused)]
-
+#[macro_export]
+#[cfg(feature = "debug")]
 macro_rules! debug {
-    ($fmt:expr) => (if cfg!(any(debug_assertions, feature="debug")) { println!(concat!("wasmer-runtime(:{})::", $fmt), line!()) });
-    ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => (if cfg!(any(debug_assertions, feature="debug")) { println!(concat!("wasmer-runtime(:{})::", $fmt, "\n"), line!(), $($arg)*) });
+    ($fmt:expr) => (println!(concat!("wasmer-runtime(:{})::", $fmt), line!()));
+    ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => (println!(concat!("wasmer-runtime(:{})::", $fmt, "\n"), line!(), $($arg)*));
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "debug"))]
+macro_rules! debug {
+    ($fmt:expr) => {};
+    ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => {};
 }
 
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0a177d348..8022c6eab 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+#[macro_use]
 extern crate wasmer_runtime_core;
 // extern crate wasmer_emscripten;
 
-#[macro_use]
-mod macros;
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod update;
 pub mod webassembly;
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f69d2dca5..000000000
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! debug {
-    ($fmt:expr) => (if cfg!(any(debug_assertions, feature="debug")) { println!(concat!("Wasmer::", $fmt)) });
-    ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => (if cfg!(any(debug_assertions, feature="debug")) { println!(concat!("Wasmer::", $fmt, "\n"), $($arg)*) });
-}