diff --git a/src/core/surface/channel.h b/src/core/surface/channel.h
index e11505a4e4cfd4865efc797267677dca7c30ac3e..d1f62f25984865906c7b903c33c51df8e3ae9dbb 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/channel.h
+++ b/src/core/surface/channel.h
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ gpr_uint32 grpc_channel_get_max_message_length(grpc_channel *channel);
 
 void grpc_client_channel_closed(grpc_channel_element *elem);
 
-#define GRPC_CHANNEL_REF_COUNT_DEBUG
-
 #ifdef GRPC_CHANNEL_REF_COUNT_DEBUG
 void grpc_channel_internal_ref(grpc_channel *channel, const char *reason);
 void grpc_channel_internal_unref(grpc_channel *channel, const char *reason);