diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index af074f904ecfa4aadf4740b3be5141b7b552d443..73697d566ff5f77b879c152104941689b472ce26 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
 /*#define DEBUG_STEREO_DFT_OUTRESPRED*/         /* output residual prediction signal instead of L/R*/
 
 /*DirAC Debug switches*/
-/*#define DEBUG_DISABLE_DIRAC_DELAY_COMP */     /* temporarily disable delay compensation on DirAC encoder */
 /*#define DEBUG_BS_READ_WRITE*/
 /*#define DEBUG_MODE_DIRAC_NOCORE*/
 /*#define DEBUG_MODE_QMETADATA*/                /* output q_metadata parameters */
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_mcmasa_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_mcmasa_enc.c
index 97924b502a7c9c45b9da5abe2b7b3e225e41e865..17d2fd046d6a57b53cb2fe5d5a83406c8714e499 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_mcmasa_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_mcmasa_enc.c
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ ivas_error ivas_mcmasa_enc_open(
 
     /* initialize delay compensation */
     hMcMasa->num_samples_delay_comp = NS2SA( input_Fs, DELAY_DIRAC_ENC_CMP_NS );
-#ifdef DISABLE_DIRAC_DELAY_COMP
-    hMcMasa->num_samples_delay_comp = 0; /* disable delay compensation by setting to 0 */
-#endif
     tmp_f = (float) hMcMasa->num_samples_delay_comp / (float) ( NS2SA( input_Fs, DIRAC_SLOT_ENC_NS ) );
     hMcMasa->num_slots_delay_comp = (int16_t) ( tmp_f );
 
diff --git a/scripts/prepare_delivery.sh b/scripts/prepare_delivery.sh
index d3c7b6fa27120a6496add0cb843532caa4efbe45..ef684ee2d057e3f11d316e886e7e101395e3eca9 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare_delivery.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare_delivery.sh
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ if coan_exists; then
   echo "-UDEBUG_STEREO_DFT_NOQRES"             >> $COAN_LIST
   echo "-UDEBUG_STEREO_DFT_OUTRESPRED"         >> $COAN_LIST
   echo "-UDBG_STEREO_ICBWE2_TBE2K8"            >> $COAN_LIST
-  echo "-UDEBUG_DISABLE_DIRAC_DELAY_COMP"      >> $COAN_LIST
   echo "-UDEBUG_BS_READ_WRITE"                 >> $COAN_LIST
   echo "-UDEBUG_MODE_DIRAC_NOCORE"             >> $COAN_LIST
   echo "-UDEBUG_MODE_QMETADATA"                >> $COAN_LIST