diff --git a/core/hakmem_super_registry.c b/core/hakmem_super_registry.c
index 3557ae18..18500c25 100644
--- a/core/hakmem_super_registry.c
+++ b/core/hakmem_super_registry.c
@@ -562,12 +562,16 @@ void hak_ss_prewarm_class(int size_class, uint32_t count) {
         return;
     }
 
+#if !HAKMEM_BUILD_RELEASE
     // Debug logging flag (lazy init)
     static int dbg = -1;
     if (__builtin_expect(dbg == -1, 0)) {
         const char* e = getenv("HAKMEM_SS_PREWARM_DEBUG");
         dbg = (e && *e && *e != '0') ? 1 : 0;
     }
+#else
+    static const int dbg = 0;
+#endif
 
     // Ensure LRU cache is initialized
     if (!g_ss_lru_initialized) {
@@ -641,12 +645,16 @@ void hak_ss_prewarm_all(const uint32_t counts[TINY_NUM_CLASSES]) {
 
 // Prewarm: Allocate SuperSlabs at startup and add to LRU cache
 void hak_ss_prewarm_init(void) {
+#if !HAKMEM_BUILD_RELEASE
     // Debug logging flag (lazy init)
     static int dbg = -1;
     if (__builtin_expect(dbg == -1, 0)) {
         const char* e = getenv("HAKMEM_SS_PREWARM_DEBUG");
         dbg = (e && *e && *e != '0') ? 1 : 0;
     }
+#else
+    static const int dbg = 0;
+#endif
 
     // Parse environment variable
     const char* env = getenv("HAKMEM_PREWARM_SUPERSLABS");