diff --git a/packages/compat/package.json b/packages/compat/package.json
index a04b754c0..4df6af40b 100644
--- a/packages/compat/package.json
+++ b/packages/compat/package.json
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
     "@embroider/macros": "0.4.3",
     "assert-never": "^1.1.0",
     "babel-core": "^6.26.3",
-    "babel-plugin-debug-macros": "^0.3.0",
-    "babel-plugin-ember-modules-api-polyfill": "^2.9.0",
     "babylon": "^6.18.0",
     "broccoli": "^2.2.0",
     "broccoli-funnel": "^2.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/compat/src/v1-app.ts b/packages/compat/src/v1-app.ts
index 126140351..5ee410368 100644
--- a/packages/compat/src/v1-app.ts
+++ b/packages/compat/src/v1-app.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export default class V1App implements V1Package {
       'ember-cli-babel': {
         includeExternalHelpers: true,
         compileModules: false,
-        disableDebugTooling: true,
+        disableDebugTooling: false,
         disablePresetEnv: false,
         disableEmberModulesAPIPolyfill: false,
         disableDecoratorTransforms: false,
@@ -211,8 +211,6 @@ export default class V1App implements V1Package {
         !TemplateCompiler.isInlinePrecompilePlugin(p)
       );
     });
-    // install debug macros
-    plugins.push(this.debugMacrosPlugin());
 
     const config: TransformOptions = {
       babelrc: false,
@@ -243,31 +241,6 @@ export default class V1App implements V1Package {
     return 7;
   }
 
-  private debugMacrosPlugin() {
-    let DebugMacros = require.resolve('babel-plugin-debug-macros');
-    let isProduction = process.env.EMBER_ENV === 'production';
-    let isDebug = !isProduction;
-    let options = {
-      flags: [
-        {
-          source: '@glimmer/env',
-          flags: { DEBUG: isDebug, CI: !!process.env.CI },
-        },
-      ],
-
-      externalizeHelpers: {
-        global: 'Ember',
-      },
-
-      debugTools: {
-        isDebug,
-        source: '@ember/debug',
-        assertPredicateIndex: 1,
-      },
-    };
-    return [DebugMacros, options];
-  }
-
   @Memoize()
   private transformedNodeFiles(): Map<string, string> {
     // any app.imports from node_modules that need custom transforms will need
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5bdf6741b..427669253 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2390,24 +2390,10 @@ babel-plugin-check-es2015-constants@^6.22.0:
   dependencies:
     babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
 
-babel-plugin-debug-macros@^0.1.10:
-  version "0.1.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-debug-macros/-/babel-plugin-debug-macros-0.1.11.tgz#6c562bf561fccd406ce14ab04f42c218cf956605"
-  integrity sha512-hZw5qNNGAR02Y+yBUrtsnJHh8OXavkayPRqKGAXnIm4t5rWVpj3ArwsC7TWdpZsBguQvHAeyTxZ7s23yY60HHg==
-  dependencies:
-    semver "^5.3.0"
-
-babel-plugin-debug-macros@^0.2.0, babel-plugin-debug-macros@^0.2.0-beta.6:
-  version "0.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-debug-macros/-/babel-plugin-debug-macros-0.2.0.tgz#0120ac20ce06ccc57bf493b667cf24b85c28da7a"
-  integrity sha512-Wpmw4TbhR3Eq2t3W51eBAQSdKlr+uAyF0GI4GtPfMCD12Y4cIdpKC9l0RjNTH/P9isFypSqqewMPm7//fnZlNA==
-  dependencies:
-    semver "^5.3.0"
-
-babel-plugin-debug-macros@^0.3.0:
-  version "0.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-debug-macros/-/babel-plugin-debug-macros-0.3.0.tgz#7a025944faef0777804ef3518c54e8b040197397"
-  integrity sha512-D6qYBI/3+FvcKVnRnH6FBUwXPp/5o/jnJNVFKqVaZpYAWx88+R8jNNyaEX7iQFs7UfCib6rcY/9+ICR4jhjFCQ==
+babel-plugin-debug-macros@0.3.2, babel-plugin-debug-macros@^0.1.10, babel-plugin-debug-macros@^0.2.0, babel-plugin-debug-macros@^0.2.0-beta.6, babel-plugin-debug-macros@^0.3.0:
+  version "0.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-debug-macros/-/babel-plugin-debug-macros-0.3.2.tgz#b536a29386fac76f525bf1b73c4f74cd5281c5fa"
+  integrity sha512-CslqMZ3RGUvlEERuKr+wrXcHqQGvQ9ALLrbcOt8aSEp4ySfNCHAQbuGQYKZYw3P30/VGkPaR0Begch+dbqgEpg==
   dependencies:
     semver "^5.3.0"
 
@@ -2425,13 +2411,6 @@ babel-plugin-ember-modules-api-polyfill@^2.8.0:
   dependencies:
     ember-rfc176-data "^0.3.8"
 
-babel-plugin-ember-modules-api-polyfill@^2.9.0:
-  version "2.9.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-ember-modules-api-polyfill/-/babel-plugin-ember-modules-api-polyfill-2.9.0.tgz#8503e7b4192aeb336b00265e6235258ff6b754aa"
-  integrity sha512-c03h50291phJ2gQxo/aIOvFQE2c6glql1A7uagE3XbPXpKVAJOUxtVDjvWG6UAB6BC5ynsJfMWvY0w4TPRKIHQ==
-  dependencies:
-    ember-rfc176-data "^0.3.9"
-
 babel-plugin-feature-flags@^0.3.1:
   version "0.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-feature-flags/-/babel-plugin-feature-flags-0.3.1.tgz#9c827cf9a4eb9a19f725ccb239e85cab02036fc1"
@@ -5804,11 +5783,6 @@ ember-rfc176-data@^0.3.8:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-rfc176-data/-/ember-rfc176-data-0.3.8.tgz#d46bbef9a0d57c803217b258cfd2e90d8e191848"
   integrity sha512-SQup3iG7SDLZNuf7nMMx5BC5truO8AYKRi80gApeQ07NsbuXV4LH75i5eOaxF0i8l9+H1tzv34kGe6rEh0C1NQ==
 
-ember-rfc176-data@^0.3.9:
-  version "0.3.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-rfc176-data/-/ember-rfc176-data-0.3.9.tgz#44b6e051ead6c044ea87bd551f402e2cf89a7e3d"
-  integrity sha512-EiTo5YQS0Duy0xp9gCP8ekzv9vxirNi7MnIB4zWs+thtWp/mEKgf5mkiiLU2+oo8C5DuavVHhoPQDmyxh8Io1Q==
-
 ember-router-generator@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-router-generator/-/ember-router-generator-1.2.3.tgz#8ed2ca86ff323363120fc14278191e9e8f1315ee"