diff --git a/include/mgba/core/core.h b/include/mgba/core/core.h
index 59d9e429a..607a15a4e 100644
--- a/include/mgba/core/core.h
+++ b/include/mgba/core/core.h
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ void* mCoreGetMemoryBlock(struct mCore* core, uint32_t start, size_t* size);
 #ifdef USE_ELF
 struct ELF;
 bool mCoreLoadELF(struct mCore* core, struct ELF* elf);
+#ifdef USE_DEBUGGERS
 void mCoreLoadELFSymbols(struct mDebuggerSymbols* symbols, struct ELF*);
 #endif
+#endif
 
 CXX_GUARD_END
 
diff --git a/src/core/core.c b/src/core/core.c
index 39dbec636..343e11ce8 100644
--- a/src/core/core.c
+++ b/src/core/core.c
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ bool mCoreLoadELF(struct mCore* core, struct ELF* elf) {
 	return true;
 }
 
+#ifdef USE_DEBUGGERS
 void mCoreLoadELFSymbols(struct mDebuggerSymbols* symbols, struct ELF* elf) {
 	size_t symIndex = ELFFindSection(elf, ".symtab");
 	size_t names = ELFFindSection(elf, ".strtab");
@@ -363,5 +364,5 @@ void mCoreLoadELFSymbols(struct mDebuggerSymbols* symbols, struct ELF* elf) {
 		mDebuggerSymbolAdd(symbols, name, syms[i].st_value, -1);
 	}
 }
-
+#endif
 #endif
diff --git a/src/gba/core.c b/src/gba/core.c
index 8c307ceff..0abd5ec6e 100644
--- a/src/gba/core.c
+++ b/src/gba/core.c
@@ -716,7 +716,9 @@ static void _GBACoreLoadSymbols(struct mCore* core, struct VFile* vf) {
 	}
 	struct ELF* elf = ELFOpen(vf);
 	if (elf) {
+#ifdef USE_DEBUGGERS
 		mCoreLoadELFSymbols(core->symbolTable, elf);
+#endif
 		ELFClose(elf);
 	}
 	if (closeAfter) {
diff --git a/src/platform/python/engine.c b/src/platform/python/engine.c
index 6222039a0..e6b2c0cf6 100644
--- a/src/platform/python/engine.c
+++ b/src/platform/python/engine.c
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ bool mPythonScriptEngineLoadScript(struct mScriptEngine* se, const char* name, s
 void mPythonScriptEngineRun(struct mScriptEngine* se) {
 	struct mPythonScriptEngine* engine = (struct mPythonScriptEngine*) se;
 
+#ifdef USE_DEBUGGERS
 	struct mDebugger* debugger = mScriptBridgeGetDebugger(engine->sb);
 	if (debugger) {
 		mPythonSetDebugger(debugger);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	mPythonRunPending();
 }