diff --git a/moo/lib/decode.c b/moo/lib/decode.c
index ed1dd38..9a24170 100644
--- a/moo/lib/decode.c
+++ b/moo/lib/decode.c
@@ -28,19 +28,10 @@
 
 #define DECODE_LOG_MASK (MOO_LOG_MNEMONIC | MOO_LOG_DEBUG)
 
-#if defined(MOO_BUILD_RELEASE)
-	/* get rid of instruction logging regardless of the log mask
-	 * in the release build */
-#	define LOG_INST_0(moo,fmt)
-#	define LOG_INST_1(moo,fmt,a1)
-#	define LOG_INST_2(moo,fmt,a1,a2)
-#	define LOG_INST_3(moo,fmt,a1,a2,a3)
-#else
-#	define LOG_INST_0(moo,fmt) MOO_LOG1(moo, DECODE_LOG_MASK, " %06zd " fmt "\n", fetched_instruction_pointer)
-#	define LOG_INST_1(moo,fmt,a1) MOO_LOG2(moo, DECODE_LOG_MASK, " %06zd " fmt "\n", fetched_instruction_pointer, a1)
-#	define LOG_INST_2(moo,fmt,a1,a2) MOO_LOG3(moo, DECODE_LOG_MASK, " %06zd " fmt "\n", fetched_instruction_pointer, a1, a2)
-#	define LOG_INST_3(moo,fmt,a1,a2,a3) MOO_LOG4(moo, DECODE_LOG_MASK, " %06zd " fmt "\n", fetched_instruction_pointer, a1, a2, a3)
-#endif
+#define LOG_INST_0(moo,fmt) MOO_LOG1(moo, DECODE_LOG_MASK, " %06zd " fmt "\n", fetched_instruction_pointer)
+#define LOG_INST_1(moo,fmt,a1) MOO_LOG2(moo, DECODE_LOG_MASK, " %06zd " fmt "\n", fetched_instruction_pointer, a1)
+#define LOG_INST_2(moo,fmt,a1,a2) MOO_LOG3(moo, DECODE_LOG_MASK, " %06zd " fmt "\n", fetched_instruction_pointer, a1, a2)
+#define LOG_INST_3(moo,fmt,a1,a2,a3) MOO_LOG4(moo, DECODE_LOG_MASK, " %06zd " fmt "\n", fetched_instruction_pointer, a1, a2, a3)
 
 #define FETCH_BYTE_CODE(moo) (cdptr[ip++])
 #define FETCH_BYTE_CODE_TO(moo,v_oow) (v_oow = FETCH_BYTE_CODE(moo))