diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/arch_setup.h b/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/arch_setup.h
index 32021c4edf..bd90dded01 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/arch_setup.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/arch_setup.h
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef ARCH_SETUP_DARWIN_H
 #define ARCH_SETUP_DARWIN_H
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
-// Enable STL assertions
-#define _GLIBCXX_DEBUG
-#define _GLIBCXX_DEBUG_PEDANTIC
-#endif
-
 // Replace the main function.
 extern "C" int SM_main( int argc, char *argv[] );
 #define main(x,y) SM_main(x,y)