diff --git a/tools/isledecomp/isledecomp/compare/core.py b/tools/isledecomp/isledecomp/compare/core.py
index 1d8ef482..a773dadb 100644
--- a/tools/isledecomp/isledecomp/compare/core.py
+++ b/tools/isledecomp/isledecomp/compare/core.py
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ def is_real_string(s: str) -> bool:
                         addr, SymbolType.STRING, string, len(string)
                     )
 
-        if self.recomp_bin.is_debug:
             for addr, string in self.recomp_bin.iter_string("latin1"):
                 if is_real_string(string):
                     self._db.set_recomp_symbol(