diff --git a/src/core/qgsstacktrace.cpp b/src/core/qgsstacktrace.cpp
index b1c27544446..773836c03ef 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsstacktrace.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsstacktrace.cpp
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@
 
 #include <QVector>
 
-#ifdef QGISDEBUG
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <dbghelp.h>
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #include "qgis.h"
 
diff --git a/src/crashhandler/qgsstacktrace.cpp b/src/crashhandler/qgsstacktrace.cpp
index e7c8083d910..666ae7648ea 100644
--- a/src/crashhandler/qgsstacktrace.cpp
+++ b/src/crashhandler/qgsstacktrace.cpp
@@ -772,9 +772,6 @@ void getStackTrace( StackTrace *stackTrace, QString symbolPath, QgsStackTrace *t
 QgsStackTrace *QgsStackTrace::trace( DWORD processId, DWORD threadId, LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS exception, QString symbolPath )
 {
   QgsStackTrace *trace = new QgsStackTrace();
-#ifndef QGISDEBUG
-  return stack;
-#endif
   EXCEPTION_POINTERS remoteException = { 0 };
   CONTEXT remoteContextRecord = { 0 };
 
diff --git a/src/crashhandler/qgsstacktrace.h b/src/crashhandler/qgsstacktrace.h
index f220c5f501b..dd2ad830a4c 100644
--- a/src/crashhandler/qgsstacktrace.h
+++ b/src/crashhandler/qgsstacktrace.h
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@
 #include <QVector>
 #include "qgsconfig.h"
 
-#ifdef QGISDEBUG
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <dbghelp.h>
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #include <QStringList>