diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index fba97736d80669a8477a7645f24077f6ef29b9eb..645c6b0c0a732072f24165fa6e2293addaf4d601 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@
 
 #define DBG_PRNT_SEGMAP 0
 
-
-// #define ENC_DEBUG
-#ifdef ENC_DEBUG
-int enc_debug = 0;
-#endif
-
 static INLINE uint8_t *get_sb_index(MACROBLOCK *x, BLOCK_SIZE subsize) {
   switch (subsize) {
     case BLOCK_64X64:
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_quantize.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_quantize.c
index 8c4172421fe19cb695de39544509653a31fae6b4..a2eea1cd7d4ad0508257b8e8f8d60a6d8a0ed60c 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_quantize.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_quantize.c
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_seg_common.h"
 
-#ifdef ENC_DEBUG
-extern int enc_debug;
-#endif
-
 void vp9_quantize_b_c(const int16_t *coeff_ptr, intptr_t count,
                       int skip_block,
                       const int16_t *zbin_ptr, const int16_t *round_ptr,