diff --git a/applications/Makefile b/applications/Makefile
index 826bc241..1ec969c4 100644
--- a/applications/Makefile
+++ b/applications/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LDFLAGS=-shared -fPIC -Wl,--export-dynamic,--whole-archive -L../libsledge/dist/
 # LDFLAGS=-flto -fvisibility=hidden
 
 # Strips out calls to assert() and disables debuglog
-#CFLAGS+=-DNDEBUG
+CFLAGS+=-DNDEBUG
 
 dist:
 	mkdir -p dist
diff --git a/libsledge/Makefile b/libsledge/Makefile
index 167d5032..9f0d4df6 100644
--- a/libsledge/Makefile
+++ b/libsledge/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ INCLUDES := -Iinclude/
 CFLAGS := -fPIC -O3 -flto -ftls-model=initial-exec
 
 # Strips out calls to assert() and disables debuglog
-#CFLAGS+=-DNDEBUG
+CFLAGS+=-DNDEBUG
 
 # CFI Sanitizer
 # CFLAGS+=-fvisibility=default -fsanitize=cfi
diff --git a/runtime/Makefile b/runtime/Makefile
index e1715c3e..a90f1b35 100644
--- a/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/runtime/Makefile
@@ -43,25 +43,25 @@ BINARY_NAME=sledgert
 # Debugging Flags
 
 # Enables logs of WASI syscalls
-CFLAGS += -DLOG_WASI
+# CFLAGS += -DLOG_WASI
 
 # Sandbox writes to stdout and stderr are both written to the client socket
 # However, when set, stderr is also written to the host stderr to assist with debugging
-CFLAGS += -DLOG_SANDBOX_STDERR
+# CFLAGS += -DLOG_SANDBOX_STDERR
 
 # Strips out calls to assert() and disables debuglog
 # CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG
 
 # Redirects debuglogs to /runtime/bin/sledge.log 
-CFLAGS += -DLOG_TO_FILE
+# CFLAGS += -DLOG_TO_FILE
 
 # Various Informational Logs for Debugging
 # CFLAGS += -DLOG_ADMISSIONS_CONTROL
 # CFLAGS += -DLOG_CONTEXT_SWITCHES
-CFLAGS += -DLOG_HTTP_PARSER
-CFLAGS += -DLOG_TENANT_LOADING
+# CFLAGS += -DLOG_HTTP_PARSER
+# CFLAGS += -DLOG_TENANT_LOADING
 # CFLAGS += -DLOG_PREEMPTION
-CFLAGS += -DLOG_SANDBOX_ALLOCATION
+# CFLAGS += -DLOG_SANDBOX_ALLOCATION
 # CFLAGS += -DLOG_UNSUPPORTED_WASI
 
 # Stores and logs extended signal information for each worker
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ CFLAGS += -DLOG_SANDBOX_ALLOCATION
 # CFLAGS += -DLOG_SANDBOX_MEMORY_PROFILE
 
 # This flag enables runtime-level metrics from procfs
-CFLAGS += -DPROC_STAT_METRICS
+# CFLAGS += -DPROC_STAT_METRICS
 
 # This flag enables HTTP-level counters of incoming requests and outgoing responses, broken out by status code
 # family, such as 2XX, 4XX, 5XX.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ CFLAGS += -DPROC_STAT_METRICS
 
 # This flag enables an per-worker atomic count of sandbox's local runqueue count in thread local storage
 # Useful to debug if sandboxes are "getting caught" or "leaking" while in a local runqueue
-CFLAGS += -DLOG_LOCAL_RUNQUEUE
+# CFLAGS += -DLOG_LOCAL_RUNQUEUE
 
 # System Configuration Flags
 
diff --git a/runtime/include/scheduler.h b/runtime/include/scheduler.h
index 6835d6b0..69c96e7a 100644
--- a/runtime/include/scheduler.h
+++ b/runtime/include/scheduler.h
@@ -409,10 +409,7 @@ scheduler_idle_loop()
 		local_cleanup_queue_free();
 
 		/* Improve the performance of spin-wait loops (works only if preemptions enabled) */
-		if (runtime_worker_spinloop_pause_enabled) {
-		    debuglog("Inside scheduler idle loop, pause enabled")
-		    pause();
-		}
+		if (runtime_worker_spinloop_pause_enabled) pause();
 	}
 }