diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing-no-spans/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing-no-spans/test.ts
index 41f688178d1c..fe9cba032344 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing-no-spans/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing-no-spans/test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ describe('outgoing http requests with tracing & spans disabled', () => {
 
         await createRunner()
           .withEnv({ SERVER_URL })
-          .ensureNoErrorOutput()
           .expect({
             event: {
               exception: {
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ describe('outgoing http requests with tracing & spans disabled', () => {
 
         await createRunner()
           .withEnv({ SERVER_URL })
-          .ensureNoErrorOutput()
           .expect({
             event: {
               exception: {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/baggage.ts b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/baggage.ts
index e3204d8b2105..4a44ee5c35b0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/baggage.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/baggage.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { DynamicSamplingContext } from '../types-hoist/envelope';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './debug-build';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './../debug-build';
 import { isString } from './is';
 import { logger } from './logger';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/debug-build.ts b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/debug-build.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 60aa50940582..000000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/debug-build.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-declare const __DEBUG_BUILD__: boolean;
-
-/**
- * This serves as a build time flag that will be true by default, but false in non-debug builds or if users replace `__SENTRY_DEBUG__` in their generated code.
- *
- * ATTENTION: This constant must never cross package boundaries (i.e. be exported) to guarantee that it can be used for tree shaking.
- */
-export const DEBUG_BUILD = __DEBUG_BUILD__;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/dsn.ts b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/dsn.ts
index 37801096dd22..b3fdf9fb5d08 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/dsn.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/dsn.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { DsnComponents, DsnLike, DsnProtocol } from '../types-hoist/dsn';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './debug-build';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './../debug-build';
 import { consoleSandbox, logger } from './logger';
 
 /** Regular expression used to parse a Dsn. */
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/instrument/handlers.ts b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/instrument/handlers.ts
index 672c819e17a6..9d6222662912 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/instrument/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/instrument/handlers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../debug-build';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../debug-build';
 import { logger } from '../logger';
 import { getFunctionName } from '../stacktrace';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/logger.ts b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/logger.ts
index 8eefa9f96c39..0c1e8f4d169b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/logger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getGlobalSingleton } from '../carrier';
 import type { ConsoleLevel } from '../types-hoist/instrument';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './debug-build';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './../debug-build';
 import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from './worldwide';
 
 /** Prefix for logging strings */
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/object.ts b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/object.ts
index 2710a2b42f9f..366e3f2c5e98 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/object.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/object.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 import type { WrappedFunction } from '../types-hoist/wrappedfunction';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './../debug-build';
 import { htmlTreeAsString } from './browser';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './debug-build';
 import { isElement, isError, isEvent, isInstanceOf, isPrimitive } from './is';
 import { logger } from './logger';
 import { truncate } from './string';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/supports.ts b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/supports.ts
index e486d672a625..2336c41b0672 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/supports.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils-hoist/supports.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './debug-build';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './../debug-build';
 import { logger } from './logger';
 import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from './worldwide';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/utils-hoist/dsn.test.ts b/packages/core/test/utils-hoist/dsn.test.ts
index 86d7eb0a9552..6d34b599c6c9 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/utils-hoist/dsn.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/utils-hoist/dsn.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../src/utils-hoist/debug-build';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../src/debug-build';
 import { dsnToString, makeDsn } from '../../src/utils-hoist/dsn';
 import { logger } from '../../src/utils-hoist/logger';