diff --git a/src/api/encryption_get.c b/src/api/encryption_get.c
index 7805d97fba5b7c4fe613cd5ba0bda85fb93bc0c8..cc64e6c214514d323a2befa0d0ac33e37da1ee42 100644
--- a/src/api/encryption_get.c
+++ b/src/api/encryption_get.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int callback_encryption_get(const struct _u_request * request,
                "mounting root device failed");
         }
         bool fits = filesystem_fits_in_memory(UNENCRYPTED_MOUNTPOINT,
-            MEMORY_USAGE, true);
+            MEMORY_USAGE);
         umount(UNENCRYPTED_MOUNTPOINT);
         if (! fits)
         {
diff --git a/src/api/encryption_init_post.c b/src/api/encryption_init_post.c
index 5503deb8670a52c6f6baaf6d95f6ee99a931aa2e..14d6742dc34a04fdc104cd80352ef30b09840bd8 100644
--- a/src/api/encryption_init_post.c
+++ b/src/api/encryption_init_post.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int callback_encryption_init_post(const struct _u_request * request,
 
     // Determine the filesystem usage of the device to be encrypted.
     bool fits = filesystem_fits_in_memory(UNENCRYPTED_MOUNTPOINT,
-        MEMORY_USAGE, true);
+        MEMORY_USAGE);
     if (! fits)
     {
         // Projected memory usage is really high, so abort.
diff --git a/src/auxiliary.c b/src/auxiliary.c
index 9773c09528bd10ef5120a9bb745b9fc733a5981e..afa4ff6001f7ebc62e28161883fd667af7cdd0c0 100644
--- a/src/auxiliary.c
+++ b/src/auxiliary.c
@@ -116,11 +116,9 @@ unsigned long filesystem_usage(const char * path)
  * @param  path          Path of the mounted filesystem.
  * @param  safety_margin Fraction (between zero and one) of free memory to
                          deem available for containing the files.
- * @param  debug         Whether to print debug messages.
  * @return               Whether the filesystem seems to fit into memory.
  */
-bool filesystem_fits_in_memory(const char * path, double safety_margin,
-    bool debug)
+bool filesystem_fits_in_memory(const char * path, double safety_margin)
 {
     // Determine the filesystem usage of the device to be encrypted.
     unsigned long size = filesystem_usage(path);
@@ -128,25 +126,16 @@ bool filesystem_fits_in_memory(const char * path, double safety_margin,
     {
         // Something went wrong in determining the filesystem usage.
         // Return false as a precaution.
-        if (debug)
-        {
-            printf("Determining file system usage failed (size: %lu)\n", size);
-        }
+        printf("Determining file system usage failed (size: %lu)\n", size);
         return false;
     }
-    if (debug)
-    {
-        printf("file system usage: %lu bytes\n", size);
-    }
+    printf("file system usage: %lu bytes\n", size);
 
     // Determine the available memory.
     unsigned long memory = available_memory();
 
     double projected_usage = (double)size / (double)memory;
-    if (debug)
-    {
-        printf("projected memory usage: %.3f\n", projected_usage);
-    }
+    printf("projected memory usage: %.3f\n", projected_usage);
     return (projected_usage <= safety_margin);
 }