diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d49fef79..af3dc8c0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Changes in 1.4.2:
  o Add a int64_t parsing function, with unit tests, so we can apply Scott Lamb's fix to allow large HTTP values.
  o Use a 64-bit field to hold HTTP content-lengths.  Patch from Scott Lamb.
  o Allow regression code to build even without Python installed
+ o remove NDEBUG ifdefs from evdns.c
 
 Changes in 1.4.1-beta:
  o free minheap on event_base_free(); from Christopher Layne
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ Changes in 1.4.1-beta:
  o When building with GCC, use the "format" attribute to verify type correctness of calls to printf-like functions.
  o removed linger from http server socket; reported by Ilya Martynov
  o Rewrite win32.c backend to be O(n lg n) rather than O(n^2)
-	
+
 Changes in 1.4.0-beta:
  o allow \r or \n individually to separate HTTP headers instead of the standard "\r\n"; from Charles Kerr.
  o demote most http warnings to debug messages
diff --git a/evdns.c b/evdns.c
index 20429b29..51859a64 100644
--- a/evdns.c
+++ b/evdns.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #include <sys/timeb.h>
 #endif
 
-/* #define NDEBUG */
-
 #ifndef DNS_USE_CPU_CLOCK_FOR_ID
 #ifndef DNS_USE_GETTIMEOFDAY_FOR_ID
 #ifndef DNS_USE_OPENSSL_FOR_ID
@@ -128,9 +126,7 @@
 #define HOST_NAME_MAX 255
 #endif
 
-#ifndef NDEBUG
 #include <stdio.h>
-#endif
 
 #undef MIN
 #define MIN(a,b) ((a)<(b)?(a):(b))
@@ -388,7 +384,6 @@ inet_aton(const char *c, struct in_addr *addr)
 #define ISSPACE(c) isspace((int)(unsigned char)(c))
 #define ISDIGIT(c) isdigit((int)(unsigned char)(c))
 
-#ifndef NDEBUG
 static const char *
 debug_ntoa(u32 address)
 {
@@ -401,7 +396,6 @@ debug_ntoa(u32 address)
   		      (int)(u8)((a    )&0xff));
 	return buf;
 }
-#endif
 
 static evdns_debug_log_fn_type evdns_log_fn = NULL;