diff --git a/src/hb-private.hh b/src/hb-private.hh
index cfe77f160..bf41b1cff 100644
--- a/src/hb-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-private.hh
@@ -621,7 +621,6 @@ _hb_debug_msg_va (const char *what,
   if (func)
   {
     unsigned int func_len = strlen (func);
-#ifndef HB_DEBUG_VERBOSE
     /* Skip "typename" */
     if (0 == strncmp (func, "typename ", 9))
       func += 9;
@@ -633,7 +632,6 @@ _hb_debug_msg_va (const char *what,
     const char *paren = strchr (func, '(');
     if (paren)
       func_len = paren - func;
-#endif
     fprintf (stderr, "%.*s: ", func_len, func);
   }