diff --git a/runtime/platform/globals.h b/runtime/platform/globals.h
index 52201dc..cc8eec1 100644
--- a/runtime/platform/globals.h
+++ b/runtime/platform/globals.h
@@ -15,19 +15,17 @@
 #define FALL_THROUGH ((void)0)
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(NDEBUG) && !defined(DEBUG)
 #if defined(GOOGLE3)
 // google3 builds use NDEBUG to indicate non-debug builds which is different
 // from the way the Dart project expects it: DEBUG indicating a debug build.
-#if !defined(NDEBUG) && !defined(DEBUG)
 #define DEBUG
-#endif  // !NDEBUG && !DEBUG                                                   \
 #else
 // Since <cassert> uses NDEBUG to signify that assert() macros should be turned
 // off, we'll define it when DEBUG is _not_ set.
-#if !defined(DEBUG)
 #define NDEBUG
-#endif
 #endif  // GOOGLE3
+#endif  // !NDEBUG && !DEBUG
 
 // __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS has to be defined before including <inttypes.h> to
 // enable platform independent printf format specifiers.
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index b0fb44a..17c91f5 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 14
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 195
+PRERELEASE 196
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
\ No newline at end of file