diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index f11b257869c06eb8dd023f6a659349302e6b8f38..004c90f8e35084db933096244ce4fff852ac7e80 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 /*#define ALLOW_BYTE_EP*/                       /* allow byte fer pattern files and check fer pattern file validity */
 #define WRAP_AS_EIDXOR                          /* wraps  FER file (as in STL_eid-xor.c/softbit.c) */
 
-#define DEBUG_FORCE_MDCT_STEREO_MODE            /* Force stereo mode decision for MDCT stereo: -stereo 3 1 forces L/R coding and -stereo 3 2 forces full M/S coding */
+/*#define DEBUG_FORCE_MDCT_STEREO_MODE*/        /* Force stereo mode decision for MDCT stereo: -stereo 3 1 forces L/R coding and -stereo 3 2 forces full M/S coding */
 /*#define DEBUG_STEREO_DFT_NOCORE*/             /* DFT stereo: by-pass core coder at decoder side*/
 /*#define DEBUG_STEREO_DFT_NOSTEREO*/           /* DFT stereo: by-pass stereo processing at encoder and decoder side*/
 /*#define DEBUG_STEREO_DFT_NOQRES*/
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_mdct_stereo_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_mdct_stereo_enc.c
index d959cdba2fc5662d6089185b102fbecde893da9b..38e537713df832150276bc2725f88345d704e2df 100755
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_mdct_stereo_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_mdct_stereo_enc.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void stereo_coder_tcx(
     }
 
     if (
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
+#ifdef DEBUG_FORCE_MDCT_STEREO_MODE
         hStereoMdct->fDualMono ||
 #endif
         ( sts[0]->hTcxEnc->transform_type[0] != sts[1]->hTcxEnc->transform_type[0] ) || ( sts[0]->hTcxEnc->transform_type[1] != sts[1]->hTcxEnc->transform_type[1] ) || ( sts[0]->last_core != sts[1]->last_core && ( sts[0]->last_core == ACELP_CORE || sts[1]->last_core == ACELP_CORE ) ) || sts[0]->last_core == ACELP_CORE || sts[1]->last_core == ACELP_CORE )
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void stereo_coder_tcx(
         pop_wmops();
         return;
     }
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
+#ifdef DEBUG_FORCE_MDCT_STEREO_MODE
     else if ( hStereoMdct->fMSstereo )
     {
         hStereoMdct->mdct_stereo_mode[0] = SMDCT_MS_FULL;