diff --git a/examples/common/tracing/TracingCommandLineArgument.cpp b/examples/common/tracing/TracingCommandLineArgument.cpp
index bea1a86d3060b5..1ef52b6eba5b58 100644
--- a/examples/common/tracing/TracingCommandLineArgument.cpp
+++ b/examples/common/tracing/TracingCommandLineArgument.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ namespace chip {
 namespace CommandLineApp {
 
 namespace {
-#if ENABLE_PERFETTO_TRACING
 
 bool StartsWith(CharSpan argument, const char * prefix)
 {
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@ bool StartsWith(CharSpan argument, const char * prefix)
     return argument.data_equal(CharSpan(prefix, prefix_len));
 }
 
-#endif
-
 } // namespace
 
 void TracingSetup::EnableTracingFor(const char * cliArg)