diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
index fff27d27a501..b93548785c5d 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ protected void onValueUpdate(EconomicMap<OptionKey<?>, Object> values, Boolean o
     public static final String IMAGE_MODULEPATH_PREFIX = "-imagemp";
     public static final String WATCHPID_PREFIX = "-watchpid";
     private static ValueUpdateHandler<OptimizationLevel> optimizeValueUpdateHandler;
-    private static ValueUpdateHandler<Integer> debugInfoValueUpdateHandler = SubstrateOptions::defaultDebugInfoValueUpdateHandler;
 
     @Fold
     public static boolean getSourceLevelDebug() {
@@ -264,10 +263,6 @@ public static void setOptimizeValueUpdateHandler(ValueUpdateHandler<Optimization
         SubstrateOptions.optimizeValueUpdateHandler = updateHandler;
     }
 
-    public static void setDebugInfoValueUpdateHandler(ValueUpdateHandler<Integer> updateHandler) {
-        SubstrateOptions.debugInfoValueUpdateHandler = updateHandler;
-    }
-
     @Option(help = "Track NodeSourcePositions during runtime-compilation")//
     public static final HostedOptionKey<Boolean> IncludeNodeSourcePositions = new HostedOptionKey<>(false);
 
@@ -640,17 +635,13 @@ public static int codeAlignment() {
     public static final HostedOptionKey<Integer> GenerateDebugInfo = new HostedOptionKey<>(0) {
         @Override
         protected void onValueUpdate(EconomicMap<OptionKey<?>, Object> values, Integer oldValue, Integer newValue) {
-            debugInfoValueUpdateHandler.onValueUpdate(values, newValue);
+            if (OS.WINDOWS.isCurrent()) {
+                /* Keep symbols on Windows. The symbol table is part of the pdb-file. */
+                DeleteLocalSymbols.update(values, newValue == 0);
+            }
         }
     };
 
-    public static void defaultDebugInfoValueUpdateHandler(EconomicMap<OptionKey<?>, Object> values, Integer newValue) {
-        if (OS.WINDOWS.isCurrent()) {
-            /* Keep symbols on Windows. The symbol table is part of the pdb-file. */
-            DeleteLocalSymbols.update(values, newValue == 0);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Option(help = "Search path for source files for Application or GraalVM classes (list of comma-separated directories or jar files)")//
     public static final HostedOptionKey<LocatableMultiOptionValue.Strings> DebugInfoSourceSearchPath = new HostedOptionKey<>(LocatableMultiOptionValue.Strings.commaSeparated());