diff --git a/api/app/sta2rest/sta2rest.py b/api/app/sta2rest/sta2rest.py
index 69029c9..e9094a8 100644
--- a/api/app/sta2rest/sta2rest.py
+++ b/api/app/sta2rest/sta2rest.py
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@
 from .sta_parser.parser import Parser
 from .visitors import NodeVisitor
 
-try:
-    DEBUG = DEBUG
-except:
-    DEBUG = 0
-
 
 class STA2REST:
     """