diff --git a/include/asterisk/astobj2.h b/include/asterisk/astobj2.h
index fc46c2a2fa..c8a464ed71 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/astobj2.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/astobj2.h
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "asterisk/compat.h"
 
-#ifdef MALLOC_DEBUG
-#define REF_DEBUG
-#endif
-
 /*! \file
  * \ref AstObj2
  *