diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Inst_eddies/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f29807ab145dad8b766b3f0518062c964da817d..b0bbb0832312ba9669a49a5fa007b8acb7fb659d 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ target_link_libraries(test_set_max_speed PRIVATE Geometry::geometry
   Numer_Rec_95::numer_rec_95 NetCDF95::netcdf95
   Shapelib_03::shapelib_03 Contour_531::contour_531 Jumble::jumble
   NetCDF_Fortran::netcdff gpc_f)
-target_compile_definitions(test_set_max_speed PRIVATE $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:DEBUG>)
 
 # test_complete_ssh
 add_executable(test_complete_ssh test_complete_ssh.f90)
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ add_executable(examine_eddy examine_eddy.f90 cont_list.f90
 target_link_libraries(examine_eddy PRIVATE Contour_531::contour_531
   Jumble::jumble Shapelib_03::shapelib_03 NetCDF95::netcdf95 gpc_f
   Geometry::geometry Numer_Rec_95::numer_rec_95)
-target_compile_definitions(examine_eddy PRIVATE $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:DEBUG>)
 
 foreach(my_target IN ITEMS test_get_1_outerm test_good_contour test_mean_speed
     test_nearby_extr test_local_extrema test_set_max_speed test_complete_ssh
diff --git a/Inst_eddies/set_max_speed.F90 b/Inst_eddies/set_max_speed.F90
index 351c735703789621a285cf4310222e43e5743550..ded0c1cb7084c1489b3fcd9ac0e49ea8a3f854ad 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/set_max_speed.F90
+++ b/Inst_eddies/set_max_speed.F90
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ contains
        end if
     end do
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
     if (write_cont_list) then
        do i = 1, n_cont
           call shp_append_object_03(ishape, hshp_cont_list, shpt_polygon, &
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ contains
           end if
        end do
     end if
-#endif
 
     i = maxloc(abs(speed), dim = 1, mask = .not. IEEE_IS_NAN(speed))
     ! (The speed may be NaN when we are near land.)