diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45250125..4a965e8f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,12 +121,7 @@ elseif (UNIX)
 		-Wno-write-strings -Wno-unknown-pragmas \
 		-Wno-uninitialized -Wno-reorder -Wno-tautological-constant-out-of-range-compare")
 
-    add_definitions(-DLINUX -D_REENTRANT -Dlinux -D_USING_STL -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE)
-
-    # release and debug are internal use only
-    if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Debug" OR ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Release")
-        add_definitions(-DSTELLA_INTERNAL)
-    endif ()
+    add_definitions(-DLINUX -D_REENTRANT -Dlinux -D_USING_STL -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -DSTELLA_INTERNAL)
 
     # this is so some profile specific stuff is turned on in the code
     if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "RELWITHDEBINFO")