diff --git a/extmod/modwebrepl.c b/extmod/modwebrepl.c
index a76016e63f..b3ee6ce3eb 100644
--- a/extmod/modwebrepl.c
+++ b/extmod/modwebrepl.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 #if MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL
 
-#if 1 // print debugging info
+#if 0 // print debugging info
 #define DEBUG_printf DEBUG_printf
 #else // don't print debugging info
 #define DEBUG_printf(...) (void)0