diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 72497bc4e1492..f992b5701052e 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ config("angle_disable_pool_alloc") {
 }
 
 config("debug_annotations_config") {
-  if (is_debug || angle_enable_trace) {
+  if (is_debug) {
     defines = [ "ANGLE_ENABLE_DEBUG_ANNOTATIONS" ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/libANGLE/LoggingAnnotator.cpp b/src/libANGLE/LoggingAnnotator.cpp
index 966617004dbf2..cabf9cd39812e 100644
--- a/src/libANGLE/LoggingAnnotator.cpp
+++ b/src/libANGLE/LoggingAnnotator.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ namespace angle
 
 bool LoggingAnnotator::getStatus()
 {
-#if defined(ANGLE_TRACE_ENABLED)
-    return true;
-#else
     return false;
-#endif
 }
 
 void LoggingAnnotator::beginEvent(const char *eventName, const char *eventMessage)