diff --git a/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl.cpp b/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl.cpp
index fc5a53aeac..fa23151b28 100644
--- a/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl.cpp
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@
 
 #include "lis3mdl.h"
 
-#undef DEVICE_DEBUG
-#define DEVICE_DEBUG printf
-
 /*
  * LIS3MDL internal constants and data structures.
  */
diff --git a/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl_i2c.cpp b/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl_i2c.cpp
index 603faf8dc5..7a2d6feb4b 100644
--- a/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl_i2c.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl_i2c.cpp
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
 #include "lis3mdl.h"
 #include "board_config.h"
 
-#undef DEVICE_DEBUG
-#define DEVICE_DEBUG printf
-
 #ifdef PX4_I2C_OBDEV_LIS3MDL
 
 #define LIS3MDLL_ADDRESS		PX4_I2C_OBDEV_LIS3MDL
diff --git a/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl_spi.cpp b/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl_spi.cpp
index ac64d294a6..0123e650fa 100644
--- a/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl_spi.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/lis3mdl/lis3mdl_spi.cpp
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
 #include "lis3mdl.h"
 #include "board_config.h"
 
-#undef DEVICE_DEBUG
-#define DEVICE_DEBUG printf
-
 #ifdef PX4_SPIDEV_LIS
 
 /* SPI protocol address bits */