diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f27970f89..a8814be45e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -86,9 +86,3 @@ TAGS
 ####################
 .venv
 .env
-
-1FILES
-2FILES
-TAG
-ports/nrf/LOG*.txt
-ports/nrf/boards/pg8c
diff --git a/ports/nrf/Makefile b/ports/nrf/Makefile
index 6a22e62195..d48b788cba 100755
--- a/ports/nrf/Makefile
+++ b/ports/nrf/Makefile
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ INC += -I../../supervisor/shared/usb
 #Debugging/Optimization
 ifeq ($(DEBUG), 1)
   CFLAGS += -ggdb3
-  CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG
   OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS = -Og
 else
   OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS ?= -O2 -fno-inline-functions