diff --git a/apache2/re.c b/apache2/re.c
index d70903e6..aafb2b5a 100644
--- a/apache2/re.c
+++ b/apache2/re.c
@@ -637,10 +637,7 @@ static char *msre_generate_target_string(apr_pool_t *pool, msre_rule *rule)  {
 /**
  * Generate an action string from an actionset.
  */
-#ifndef DEBUG_CONF
- static 
-#endif
-char *msre_actionset_generate_action_string(apr_pool_t *pool, const msre_actionset *actionset)  {
+static char *msre_actionset_generate_action_string(apr_pool_t *pool, const msre_actionset *actionset)  {
     const apr_array_header_t *tarr = NULL;
     const apr_table_entry_t *telts = NULL;
     char *actions = NULL;
diff --git a/apache2/re.h b/apache2/re.h
index e268d8a2..c0c54339 100644
--- a/apache2/re.h
+++ b/apache2/re.h
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ int DSOLOCAL rule_id_in_range(int ruleid, const char *range);
 msre_var DSOLOCAL *generate_single_var(modsec_rec *msr, msre_var *var, apr_array_header_t *tfn_arr,
     msre_rule *rule, apr_pool_t *mptmp);
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_CONF
- char DSOLOCAL* msre_actionset_generate_action_string(apr_pool_t* pool, const msre_actionset* actionset);
-#endif
-
 #if defined(WITH_LUA)
 apr_table_t DSOLOCAL *generate_multi_var(modsec_rec *msr, msre_var *var, apr_array_header_t *tfn_arr,
     msre_rule *rule, apr_pool_t *mptmp);