diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e4d961..edbb1ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ default = ["builtin-lua"]
 #   * LUA_NUMBER as double
 #   * LUA_EXTRASPACE is sizeof(void*)
 builtin-lua = ["gcc"]
-# Don't define LUA_USE_APICHECK if we are in release mode.  When
-# debug_assertions are enabled, LUA_USE_APICHECK is enabled regardless.  There
-# are still a few known ways to trigger LUA_USE_APICHECK checks with rlua, but
-# when these bugs are fixed, this option will go away and this behavior will be
-# the default.
-disable-lua-apicheck = []
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = { version = "0.2" }
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 7e95a14..6aa2863 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn main() {
             config.define("LUA_USE_WINDOWS", None);
         }
 
-        if cfg!(debug_assertions) || !cfg!(feature = "disable-lua-apicheck") {
+        if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
             config.define("LUA_USE_APICHECK", None);
         }