diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e327ab779b..973d29d8c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+Always compile cross_table_lookups::debug_utils ([#1540](https://github.com/0xPolygonZero/plonky2/pull/1540))
+
 ## [0.2.0] - 2024-02-20
 * Initial CHANGELOG tracking.
diff --git a/starky/src/cross_table_lookup.rs b/starky/src/cross_table_lookup.rs
index 26e1576e48..a4b3cef688 100644
--- a/starky/src/cross_table_lookup.rs
+++ b/starky/src/cross_table_lookup.rs
@@ -1041,12 +1041,10 @@ pub fn verify_cross_table_lookups_circuit<
     debug_assert!(ctl_zs_openings.iter_mut().all(|iter| iter.next().is_none()));
 }
 
-/// Debugging module, to assert correctness of the different CTLs of a multi-STARK system,
+/// Debugging module used to assert correctness of the different CTLs of a multi-STARK system,
 /// that can be used during the proof generation process.
 ///
-/// **Note**: this is an expensive check, hence is only available when the `debug_assertions`
-/// flag is activated, to not hinder performances with regular `release` build.
-#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+/// **Note**: This is an expensive check.
 pub mod debug_utils {
     #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
     use alloc::{vec, vec::Vec};