diff --git a/Formula/asciidoc.rb b/Formula/asciidoc.rb
index 490d8cb21bc..06758b95ac2 100644
--- a/Formula/asciidoc.rb
+++ b/Formula/asciidoc.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Asciidoc < Formula
       ohai "Creating configure file"
       system "autoconf"
     end
-    system "./configure", "--disable-debug", "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}"
     system "make install"
   end
 end