diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
index 7f5cc2dae0..1ceddf2538 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-11-06	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
+
+	* shared/console/uart.c: removed #define UARTDEBUG
+
 2007-11-06	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
 
 	* shared/pci/pci.c: converted access to pci_config_addr to
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/console/uart.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/console/uart.c
index 0fe0388cb5..11d9b64ce7 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/console/uart.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/console/uart.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ uwrite(int uart, int reg, unsigned int val)
   out_8((unsigned char*)(uart_data[uart].ioBase + reg), val);
 }
 
-#define UARTDEBUG
+
 #ifdef UARTDEBUG
     static void
 uartError(int uart, void *termiosPrivate)