diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/transformers/minification/remove-debugger.js b/src/babel/transformation/transformers/minification/remove-debugger.js
index e2d8c7dbe1..66fdf349e2 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/transformers/minification/remove-debugger.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/transformers/minification/remove-debugger.js
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ export var metadata = {
   group: "builtin-setup"
 };
 
-export function ExpressionStatement(node) {
-  if (this.get("expression").isIdentifier({ name: "debugger" })) {
-    this.remove();
-  }
+export function DebuggerStatement(node) {  
+  this.remove();  
 }