diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 811e86131..942566aaf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-01-06  David Turner  <david@freetype.org>
 
+        * include/freetype/config/ftoption.h: setting default options for
+        a release build (debugging off, bytecode interpreter off)
+
         * src/base/ftobjs.c, src/base/ftoutln.c, src/cache/ftccmap.c,
         src/cff/cffload.c, src/cff/cffobjs.c, src/pshinter/pshalgo2.c,
         src/sfnt/ttload.c, src/sfnt/ttsbit.c: removing small compiler
diff --git a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
index f017fb218..506663b2e 100644
--- a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
+++ b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
   /*                                                                       */
   /*   Don't define any of these macros to compile in `release' mode!      */
   /*                                                                       */
-#define FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR
-#define FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE
+#undef  FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR
+#undef  FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE
 
 
   /*************************************************************************/
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
   /*   Note that the memory debugger is only activated at runtime when     */
   /*   when the _environment_ variable "FT_DEBUG_MEMORY" is also defined!  */
   /*                                                                       */
-#define FT_DEBUG_MEMORY
+#undef  FT_DEBUG_MEMORY
 
 
   /*************************************************************************/