diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -1321,11 +1321,9 @@
     host_device_env.DeviceNum = device_id;
     host_device_env.DebugKind = 0;
     host_device_env.DynamicMemSize = 0;
-#ifdef OMPTARGET_DEBUG
     if (char *envStr = getenv("LIBOMPTARGET_DEVICE_RTL_DEBUG")) {
       host_device_env.DebugKind = std::stoi(envStr);
     }
-#endif
 
     int rc = get_symbol_info_without_loading((char *)image->ImageStart,
                                              img_size, sym(), &si);
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -892,10 +892,8 @@
                                     static_cast<uint32_t>(DeviceId),
                                     static_cast<uint32_t>(DynamicMemorySize)};
 
-#ifdef OMPTARGET_DEBUG
       if (const char *EnvStr = getenv("LIBOMPTARGET_DEVICE_RTL_DEBUG"))
         DeviceEnv.DebugKind = std::stoi(EnvStr);
-#endif
 
       const char *DeviceEnvName = "omptarget_device_environment";
       CUdeviceptr DeviceEnvPtr;