diff --git a/libcef_dll/libcef_dll.cc b/libcef_dll/libcef_dll.cc
index 7c5125881..6f1aa1559 100644
--- a/libcef_dll/libcef_dll.cc
+++ b/libcef_dll/libcef_dll.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ CEF_EXPORT void cef_shutdown()
 {
   CefShutdown();
 
+#ifdef _DEBUG
   // Check that all wrapper objects have been destroyed
   DCHECK(CefBrowserCppToC::DebugObjCt == 0);
   DCHECK(CefRequestCppToC::DebugObjCt == 0);
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ CEF_EXPORT void cef_shutdown()
   DCHECK(CefVariantCppToC::DebugObjCt == 0);
   DCHECK(CefHandlerCToCpp::DebugObjCt == 0);
   DCHECK(CefJSHandlerCToCpp::DebugObjCt == 0);
+#endif // _DEBUG
 }
 
 CEF_EXPORT void cef_do_message_loop_work()
diff --git a/libcef_dll/wrapper/libcef_dll_wrapper.cc b/libcef_dll/wrapper/libcef_dll_wrapper.cc
index 991e2bdfd..186cc035b 100644
--- a/libcef_dll/wrapper/libcef_dll_wrapper.cc
+++ b/libcef_dll/wrapper/libcef_dll_wrapper.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ void CefShutdown()
 {
   cef_shutdown();
 
+#ifdef _DEBUG
   // Check that all wrapper objects have been destroyed
   DCHECK(CefHandlerCppToC::DebugObjCt == 0);
   DCHECK(CefJSHandlerCppToC::DebugObjCt == 0);
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ void CefShutdown()
   DCHECK(CefStreamReaderCToCpp::DebugObjCt == 0);
   DCHECK(CefStreamWriterCToCpp::DebugObjCt == 0);
   DCHECK(CefVariantCToCpp::DebugObjCt == 0);
+#endif // _DEBUG
 }
 
 void CefDoMessageLoopWork()