diff --git a/quicktex/ndebug.h b/quicktex/ndebug.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 789950f..0000000
--- a/quicktex/ndebug.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*  Python-rgbcx Texture Compression Library
-    Copyright (C) 2021 Andrew Cassidy <drewcassidy@me.com>
-    Partially derived from rgbcx.h written by Richard Geldreich <richgel99@gmail.com>
-    and licenced under the public domain
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#ifdef NDEBUG  // asserts disabled
-constexpr bool ndebug = true;
-#else  // asserts enabled
-constexpr bool ndebug = false;
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/quicktex/util.h b/quicktex/util.h
index 2537aa8..a775213 100644
--- a/quicktex/util.h
+++ b/quicktex/util.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "ndebug.h"
-
 #define UINT5_MAX 0x1FU  // 31
 #define UINT6_MAX 0x3FU  // 63