diff --git a/src/execution/interpreter_loop.rs b/src/execution/interpreter_loop.rs
index 3232566c..2f3b721b 100644
--- a/src/execution/interpreter_loop.rs
+++ b/src/execution/interpreter_loop.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ pub(super) fn run<H: HookSet>(
         .get(stack.current_stackframe().func_idx)
         .unwrap_validated();
 
-    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
     // Start reading the function's instructions
     let mut wasm = WasmReader::new(wasm_bytecode);
 
diff --git a/src/validation/code.rs b/src/validation/code.rs
index d1ef2c77..31121608 100644
--- a/src/validation/code.rs
+++ b/src/validation/code.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use crate::core::reader::types::global::Global;
 use crate::core::reader::types::memarg::MemArg;
 use crate::core::reader::types::{FuncType, MemType, NumType, TableType, ValType};
 use crate::core::reader::{WasmReadable, WasmReader};
-use crate::core::utils::print_beautiful_instruction_name_1_byte;
 use crate::validation_stack::ValidationStack;
 use crate::{Error, RefType, Result};
 
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ fn read_instructions(
         };
 
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-        print_beautiful_instruction_name_1_byte(first_instr_byte, wasm.pc);
+        crate::core::utils::print_beautiful_instruction_name_1_byte(first_instr_byte, wasm.pc);
 
         #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
         trace!("Read instruction byte {first_instr_byte:#04X?} ({first_instr_byte}) at wasm_binary[{}]", wasm.pc);