diff --git a/dbus/dbus-memory.c b/dbus/dbus-memory.c
index be7e4ef6..cf3dd881 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-memory.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-memory.c
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ _dbus_get_fail_alloc_failures (void)
   return n_failures_per_failure;
 }
 
-#ifdef DBUS_ENABLE_EMBEDDED_TESTS
 /**
  * Called when about to alloc some memory; if
  * it returns #TRUE, then the allocation should
@@ -286,7 +285,6 @@ _dbus_decrement_fail_alloc_counter (void)
       return FALSE;
     }
 }
-#endif /* DBUS_ENABLE_EMBEDDED_TESTS */
 
 /**
  * Get the number of outstanding malloc()'d blocks.