diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 78209feb75..c4f8f5f7b9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -464,7 +464,10 @@ protected
     # remove "boring" arguments so that the important ones are more likely to
     # be shown considering that we trim long ohai lines to the terminal width
     pretty_args = args.dup
-    pretty_args.delete "--disable-dependency-tracking" if cmd == "./configure" and not ARGV.verbose?
+    if cmd == "./configure" and not ARGV.verbose?
+      pretty_args.delete "--disable-dependency-tracking"
+      pretty_args.delete "--disable-debug"
+    end
     ohai "#{cmd} #{pretty_args*' '}".strip
 
     removed_ENV_variables = case if args.empty? then cmd.split(' ').first else cmd end