diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 0b44c7984..cd92766ef 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -896,7 +896,6 @@ Settings MainWindow::getCppcheckSettings()
     result.addEnabled("missingInclude");
     if (!result.buildDir.empty())
         result.addEnabled("unusedFunction");
-    result.debug = false;
     result.debugwarnings = mSettings->value(SETTINGS_SHOW_DEBUG_WARNINGS, false).toBool();
     result.quiet = false;
     result.verbose = true;