diff --git a/main/pbx.c b/main/pbx.c
index 19f40c65802c92dd3e9d9d93856938c6e15353ea..b575f3bd92ec30b20e74c4d5b4e8edd0ed5cd471 100644
--- a/main/pbx.c
+++ b/main/pbx.c
@@ -2648,9 +2648,7 @@ static int pbx_extension_helper(struct ast_channel *c, struct ast_context *con,
 				ast_copy_string(c->exten, exten, sizeof(c->exten));
 			c->priority = priority;
 			pbx_substitute_variables(passdata, sizeof(passdata), c, e);
-			if (option_debug) {
-				ast_debug(1, "Launching '%s'\n", app->name);
-			}
+			ast_debug(1, "Launching '%s'\n", app->name);
 			if (option_verbose > 2) {
 				char tmp[80], tmp2[80], tmp3[EXT_DATA_SIZE];
 				ast_verb(3, "Executing [%s@%s:%d] %s(\"%s\", \"%s\") %s\n",