diff --git a/sql/mysql_priv.h b/sql/mysql_priv.h
index 249ee0e66a464d5b005176f64773efbe9dcc0589..0d6cb60b84261fbc476fa8ef770af879958351fa 100644
--- a/sql/mysql_priv.h
+++ b/sql/mysql_priv.h
@@ -591,37 +591,16 @@ class Default_object_creation_ctx : public Object_creation_ctx
 #define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_JOIN_CACHE_HASHED         (1ULL << 22)
 #define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_JOIN_CACHE_BKA            (1ULL << 23)
 #define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_OPTIMIZE_JOIN_BUFFER_SIZE (1ULL << 24)
-#ifdef DBUG_OFF
-#  define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_LAST                    (1ULL << 25)
-#else
-#  define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_TABLE_ELIMINATION       (1ULL << 25)
-#  define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_LAST                    (1ULL << 26)
-#endif
+#define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_TABLE_ELIMINATION         (1ULL << 25)
+#define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_LAST                      (1ULL << 26)
 
-#ifdef DBUG_OFF 
 /* The following must be kept in sync with optimizer_switch_str in mysqld.cc */
 /*
 TODO: Materialization is off by default to mimic 5.1/5.2 behavior.
 Once cost based choice between materialization and in-to-exists should be
 enabled by default, add OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_MATERIALIZATION
 */
-#  define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_DEFAULT (OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE_UNION | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE_SORT_UNION | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE_INTERSECT | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_DERIVED_MERGE | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_DERIVED_WITH_KEYS | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_IN_TO_EXISTS | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_PARTIAL_MATCH_ROWID_MERGE|\
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_PARTIAL_MATCH_TABLE_SCAN|\
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_SUBQUERY_CACHE|\
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_SUBQUERY_CACHE | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_JOIN_CACHE_INCREMENTAL | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_JOIN_CACHE_HASHED | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_JOIN_CACHE_BKA | \
-                                    OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_OPTIMIZE_JOIN_BUFFER_SIZE)
-#else
-#  define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_DEFAULT (OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE | \
+#define OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_DEFAULT   (OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE | \
                                     OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE_UNION | \
                                     OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE_SORT_UNION | \
                                     OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_INDEX_MERGE_INTERSECT | \
@@ -636,7 +615,6 @@ enabled by default, add OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_MATERIALIZATION
                                     OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_JOIN_CACHE_HASHED | \
                                     OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_JOIN_CACHE_BKA | \
                                     OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_OPTIMIZE_JOIN_BUFFER_SIZE)
-#endif
 
 /*
   Replication uses 8 bytes to store SQL_MODE in the binary log. The day you
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 7ce39b2dea9a2499ae362886f7eb2d6ddf654f0a..b297a611633743d61f3be97177c8fda6ac2784ab 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -350,9 +350,7 @@ static const char *optimizer_switch_names[]=
   "join_cache_hashed",
   "join_cache_bka",
   "optimize_join_buffer_size",
-#ifndef DBUG_OFF
   "table_elimination",
-#endif
   "default", NullS
 };
 
@@ -384,9 +382,7 @@ static const unsigned int optimizer_switch_names_len[]=
   sizeof("join_cache_hashed") - 1,
   sizeof("join_cache_bka") - 1,
   sizeof("optimize_join_buffer_size") - 1,
-#ifndef DBUG_OFF
   sizeof("table_elimination") - 1,
-#endif
   sizeof("default") - 1
 };
 TYPELIB optimizer_switch_typelib= { array_elements(optimizer_switch_names)-1,"",
@@ -502,12 +498,9 @@ static const char *optimizer_switch_str="index_merge=on,index_merge_union=on,"
                                         "join_cache_incremental=on,"
                                         "join_cache_hashed=on,"
                                         "join_cache_bka=on,"
-                                        "optimize_join_buffer_size=on"
-#ifndef DBUG_OFF
-                                        ",table_elimination=on";
-#else
+                                        "optimize_join_buffer_size=on,"
+                                        "table_elimination=on";
                                         ;
-#endif
 #ifdef SAFEMALLOC
 my_bool sf_malloc_trough_check= 0;
 #endif
@@ -7559,9 +7552,7 @@ each time the SQL thread starts.",
    "subquery_cache, outer_join_with_cache, semijoin_with_cache, "
    "join_cache_incremental, join_cache_hashed, join_cache_bka, "
    "optimize_join_buffer_size"
-#ifndef DBUG_OFF
    ", table_elimination"
-#endif 
    "} and val={on, off, default}.",
    &optimizer_switch_str, &optimizer_switch_str, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 
    /*OPTIMIZER_SWITCH_DEFAULT*/0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},