diff --git a/src/lib/util/corealloc.c b/src/lib/util/corealloc.c
index f937c5b17fc..8e13023ddad 100644
--- a/src/lib/util/corealloc.c
+++ b/src/lib/util/corealloc.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 //  DEBUGGING
 //**************************************************************************
 
-#define LOG_ALLOCS      (1)
+#define LOG_ALLOCS      (0)
 
 // define this to initialize allocated memory to a fixed non-0 value
 #ifdef MAME_DEBUG