diff --git a/apps/systemlib/up_cxxinitialize.c b/apps/systemlib/up_cxxinitialize.c
index c500b37e96..c78f295708 100644
--- a/apps/systemlib/up_cxxinitialize.c
+++ b/apps/systemlib/up_cxxinitialize.c
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@
 #  undef CONFIG_DEBUG_CXX
 #endif
 
-#define CONFIG_DEBUG_CXX
-#define CONFIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CXX
 #  define cxxdbg              dbg
 #  define cxxlldbg            lldbg