diff --git a/libretroshare/src/services/p3chatservice.cc b/libretroshare/src/services/p3chatservice.cc
index e3a2cd43d..db228e7f0 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/services/p3chatservice.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/services/p3chatservice.cc
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
  * #define CHAT_DEBUG 1
  * #define DEBUG_DISTANT_CHAT 1
  ****/
-#define DEBUG_DISTANT_CHAT 1
 
 static const int 		CONNECTION_CHALLENGE_MAX_COUNT 	  =   20 ; // sends a connexion challenge every 20 messages
 static const time_t	CONNECTION_CHALLENGE_MAX_MSG_AGE	  =   30 ; // maximum age of a message to be used in a connexion challenge