diff --git a/src/gflags_reporting.cc b/src/gflags_reporting.cc
index 20e0b1a..d29e0f3 100644
--- a/src/gflags_reporting.cc
+++ b/src/gflags_reporting.cc
@@ -353,9 +353,6 @@ static void ShowVersion() {
   } else {
     fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", ProgramInvocationShortName());
   }
-# if !defined(NDEBUG)
-  fprintf(stdout, "Debug build (NDEBUG not #defined)\n");
-# endif
 }
 
 static void AppendPrognameStrings(vector<string>* substrings,