diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f0dbc03af2a75fc29649e14632d847f4bc2c1469..8a06c11a46a0b45d8b6333e7d4be45df1672563d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ vhost_net="no"
 kvm="no"
 gprof="no"
 debug_tcg="no"
-debug_mon="no"
 debug="no"
 strip_opt="yes"
 tcg_interpreter="no"
@@ -657,14 +656,9 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-debug-tcg) debug_tcg="no"
   ;;
-  --enable-debug-mon) debug_mon="yes"
-  ;;
-  --disable-debug-mon) debug_mon="no"
-  ;;
   --enable-debug)
       # Enable debugging options that aren't excessively noisy
       debug_tcg="yes"
-      debug_mon="yes"
       debug="yes"
       strip_opt="no"
   ;;
@@ -3064,7 +3058,6 @@ echo "host CPU          $cpu"
 echo "host big endian   $bigendian"
 echo "target list       $target_list"
 echo "tcg debug enabled $debug_tcg"
-echo "Mon debug enabled $debug_mon"
 echo "gprof enabled     $gprof"
 echo "sparse enabled    $sparse"
 echo "strip binaries    $strip_opt"
@@ -3157,9 +3150,6 @@ echo "ARCH=$ARCH" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$debug_tcg" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "$debug_mon" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_DEBUG_MONITOR=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$debug" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_DEBUG_EXEC=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 49dccfe854a9ee54e0926e6ef58426e753e19cb9..aa5716782a9f19f6ccf1be29460a0f4869522c28 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -172,41 +172,11 @@ struct Monitor {
     CPUArchState *mon_cpu;
     BlockDriverCompletionFunc *password_completion_cb;
     void *password_opaque;
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MONITOR
-    int print_calls_nr;
-#endif
     QError *error;
     QLIST_HEAD(,mon_fd_t) fds;
     QLIST_ENTRY(Monitor) entry;
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MONITOR
-#define MON_DEBUG(fmt, ...) do {    \
-    fprintf(stderr, "Monitor: ");       \
-    fprintf(stderr, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-
-static inline void mon_print_count_inc(Monitor *mon)
-{
-    mon->print_calls_nr++;
-}
-
-static inline void mon_print_count_init(Monitor *mon)
-{
-    mon->print_calls_nr = 0;
-}
-
-static inline int mon_print_count_get(const Monitor *mon)
-{
-    return mon->print_calls_nr;
-}
-
-#else /* !CONFIG_DEBUG_MONITOR */
-#define MON_DEBUG(fmt, ...) do { } while (0)
-static inline void mon_print_count_inc(Monitor *mon) { }
-static inline void mon_print_count_init(Monitor *mon) { }
-static inline int mon_print_count_get(const Monitor *mon) { return 0; }
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_MONITOR */
-
 /* QMP checker flags */
 #define QMP_ACCEPT_UNKNOWNS 1
 
@@ -299,8 +269,6 @@ void monitor_vprintf(Monitor *mon, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     if (!mon)
         return;
 
-    mon_print_count_inc(mon);
-
     if (monitor_ctrl_mode(mon)) {
         return;
     }
@@ -3860,8 +3828,6 @@ void monitor_set_error(Monitor *mon, QError *qerror)
     if (!mon->error) {
         mon->error = qerror;
     } else {
-        MON_DEBUG("Additional error report at %s:%d\n",
-                  qerror->file, qerror->linenr);
         QDECREF(qerror);
     }
 }
@@ -3875,36 +3841,7 @@ static void handler_audit(Monitor *mon, const mon_cmd_t *cmd, int ret)
          * Action: Report an internal error to the client if in QMP.
          */
         qerror_report(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
-        MON_DEBUG("command '%s' returned failure but did not pass an error\n",
-                  cmd->name);
     }
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MONITOR
-    if (!ret && monitor_has_error(mon)) {
-        /*
-         * If it returns success, it must not have passed an error.
-         *
-         * Action: Report the passed error to the client.
-         */
-        MON_DEBUG("command '%s' returned success but passed an error\n",
-                  cmd->name);
-    }
-
-    if (mon_print_count_get(mon) > 0 && strcmp(cmd->name, "info") != 0) {
-        /*
-         * Handlers should not call Monitor print functions.
-         *
-         * Action: Ignore them in QMP.
-         *
-         * (XXX: we don't check any 'info' or 'query' command here
-         * because the user print function _is_ called by do_info(), hence
-         * we will trigger this check. This problem will go away when we
-         * make 'query' commands real and kill do_info())
-         */
-        MON_DEBUG("command '%s' called print functions %d time(s)\n",
-                  cmd->name, mon_print_count_get(mon));
-    }
-#endif
 }
 
 static void handle_user_command(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline)
@@ -4433,8 +4370,6 @@ static void qmp_call_cmd(Monitor *mon, const mon_cmd_t *cmd,
     int ret;
     QObject *data = NULL;
 
-    mon_print_count_init(mon);
-
     ret = cmd->mhandler.cmd_new(mon, params, &data);
     handler_audit(mon, cmd, ret);
     monitor_protocol_emitter(mon, data);