diff --git a/debug.h b/debug.h
index 75230f104..65ac9e76b 100644
--- a/debug.h
+++ b/debug.h
@@ -21,20 +21,6 @@
 
 /* -------------------- */
 
-#ifdef WITH_COLOR_DEBUG
-#ifndef COLOR_DEBUG
-#define COLOR_DEBUG   "\e[0;32m"
-#endif
-#ifndef COLOR_WARNING
-#define COLOR_WARNING "\e[01;35m"
-#endif
-#ifndef COLOR_ERROR
-#define COLOR_ERROR   "\e[01;31m"
-#endif
-
-#define COLOR_END "\e[0m"
-#endif
-
 /* Many of these debug printf include a Flawfinder: ignore, this is because,
  * according to https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html which describes
  * functions that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format
@@ -42,52 +28,28 @@
  * IIO_WARNING, and IIO_ERRRO functions are called internally from the
  * library, have fixed format strings and can not be modified externally.
  */
-#if (LOG_LEVEL >= Debug_L)
-# ifdef COLOR_DEBUG
-#  define IIO_DEBUG(str, ...) \
-    fprintf(stdout, COLOR_DEBUG "DEBUG: " str COLOR_END, ##__VA_ARGS__) /* Flawfinder: ignore */
-# else
-#  define IIO_DEBUG(...) \
-    fprintf(stdout, "DEBUG: " __VA_ARGS__) /* Flawfinder: ignore */
-# endif
-#else
-#define IIO_DEBUG(...) do { } while (0)
-#endif
-
-#if (LOG_LEVEL >= Info_L)
-# ifdef COLOR_INFO
-#  define IIO_INFO(str, ...) \
-    fprintf(stdout, COLOR_INFO str COLOR_END, ##__VA_ARGS__) /* Flawfinder: ignore */
-# else
-#  define IIO_INFO(...) \
-    fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__) /* Flawfinder: ignore */
-# endif
-#else
-#define IIO_INFO(...) do { } while (0)
-#endif
-
-#if (LOG_LEVEL >= Warning_L)
-# ifdef COLOR_WARNING
-#  define IIO_WARNING(str, ...) \
-    fprintf(stderr, COLOR_WARNING "WARNING: " str COLOR_END, ##__VA_ARGS__) /* Flawfinder: ignore */
-# else
-#  define IIO_WARNING(...) \
-    fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: " __VA_ARGS__) /* Flawfinder: ignore */
-# endif
-#else
-#define IIO_WARNING(...) do { } while (0)
-#endif
-
-#if (LOG_LEVEL >= Error_L)
-# ifdef COLOR_ERROR
-#  define IIO_ERROR(str, ...) \
-    fprintf(stderr, COLOR_ERROR "ERROR: " str COLOR_END, ##__VA_ARGS__) /* Flawfinder: ignore */
-# else
-#  define IIO_ERROR(...) \
-    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: " __VA_ARGS__) /* Flawfinder: ignore */
-# endif
-#else
-#define IIO_ERROR(...) do { } while (0)
-#endif
+#define IIO_DEBUG(...) \
+    do { \
+	if (LOG_LEVEL >= Debug_L) \
+            fprintf(stdout, "DEBUG: " __VA_ARGS__); /* Flawfinder: ignore */ \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define IIO_INFO(...) \
+    do { \
+	if (LOG_LEVEL >= Info_L) \
+            fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__); /* Flawfinder: ignore */ \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define IIO_WARNING(...) \
+    do { \
+	if (LOG_LEVEL >= Warning_L) \
+            fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: " __VA_ARGS__); /* Flawfinder: ignore */ \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define IIO_ERROR(...) \
+    do { \
+	if (LOG_LEVEL >= Error_L) \
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: " __VA_ARGS__); /* Flawfinder: ignore */ \
+    } while (0)
 
 #endif