diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 21cfd2075e..3cbfccc882 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ case "${build_profile}" in
      want_debug_malloc="no"
      want_debug_threads="no"
      want_default_mempool="no"
-     want_cow_magic="yes"
+     want_cow_magic="no"
      ;;
 
    debug)
diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_cow.c b/src/lib/eina/eina_cow.c
index e816d1a1d8..c1573ffade 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_cow.c
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_cow.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
 # include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
-#undef EINA_COW_MAGIC_ON
 #ifdef EINA_COW_MAGIC_ON
 #define EINA_COW_MAGIC 0xDEADBEEF