diff --git a/src/compat/is_debug_mode_enabled.ts b/src/compat/is_debug_mode_enabled.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b85f2e377..0000000000
--- a/src/compat/is_debug_mode_enabled.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
-declare const __RX_PLAYER_DEBUG_MODE__: boolean | undefined;
-
-/**
- * Some external tools set that boolean, in which case, we should enable DEBUG
- * logs and various tricks to make as much logs as available to those tools.
- *
- * @returns {boolean}
- */
-export default function isDebugModeEnabled(): boolean {
-  return typeof __RX_PLAYER_DEBUG_MODE__ === "boolean" && __RX_PLAYER_DEBUG_MODE__;
-}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 41ebcef924..9917c82380 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  * This is the class used from a regular build.
  */
 
-import isDebugModeEnabled from "./compat/is_debug_mode_enabled";
 import patchWebkitSourceBuffer from "./compat/patch_webkit_source_buffer";
 import {
   DASH,
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ import {
   NATIVE_VTT_PARSER,
   SMOOTH,
 } from "./features/list";
-import logger from "./log";
 import Player from "./main_thread/api";
 import globalScope from "./utils/global_scope";
 
@@ -55,11 +53,6 @@ Player.addFeatures([
   HTML_VTT_PARSER,
   HTML_SRT_PARSER,
 ]);
-if (isDebugModeEnabled()) {
-  logger.setLevel("DEBUG", "standard");
-} else if ((__ENVIRONMENT__.CURRENT_ENV as number) === (__ENVIRONMENT__.DEV as number)) {
-  logger.setLevel(__LOGGER_LEVEL__.CURRENT_LEVEL, "standard");
-}
 export default Player;
 
 if (typeof __GLOBAL_SCOPE__ === "boolean" && __GLOBAL_SCOPE__) {
diff --git a/src/main_thread/api/public_api.ts b/src/main_thread/api/public_api.ts
index 00cc94bc86..e7e446e7db 100644
--- a/src/main_thread/api/public_api.ts
+++ b/src/main_thread/api/public_api.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import {
 import getStartDate from "../../compat/get_start_date";
 import hasMseInWorker from "../../compat/has_mse_in_worker";
 import hasWorkerApi from "../../compat/has_worker_api";
-import isDebugModeEnabled from "../../compat/is_debug_mode_enabled";
 import config from "../../config";
 import type { ISegmentSinkMetrics } from "../../core/segment_sinks/segment_sinks_store";
 import type {
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@ import arrayIncludes from "../../utils/array_includes";
 import assert, { assertUnreachable } from "../../utils/assert";
 import type { IEventPayload, IListener } from "../../utils/event_emitter";
 import EventEmitter from "../../utils/event_emitter";
+import globalScope from "../../utils/global_scope";
 import idGenerator from "../../utils/id_generator";
 import isNullOrUndefined from "../../utils/is_null_or_undefined";
 import type Logger from "../../utils/logger";
@@ -141,6 +141,35 @@ import {
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 
+// Enable debug mode as soon as `RX_PLAYER_DEBUG_MODE__` is set to `true`:
+
+const globals: typeof globalScope & {
+  __RX_PLAYER_DEBUG_MODE__?: boolean;
+} = globalScope;
+
+let isDebugModeEnabled: boolean =
+  typeof globals.__RX_PLAYER_DEBUG_MODE__ === "boolean" &&
+  globals.__RX_PLAYER_DEBUG_MODE__;
+
+Object.defineProperty(globals, "__RX_PLAYER_DEBUG_MODE__", {
+  get(): boolean {
+    return isDebugModeEnabled;
+  },
+  set(val: boolean) {
+    isDebugModeEnabled = val;
+    if (val) {
+      Player.LogLevel = "DEBUG";
+      Player.LogFormat = "full";
+    }
+  },
+});
+
+if (isDebugModeEnabled) {
+  log.setLevel("DEBUG", "full");
+} else if ((__ENVIRONMENT__.CURRENT_ENV as number) === (__ENVIRONMENT__.DEV as number)) {
+  log.setLevel(__LOGGER_LEVEL__.CURRENT_LEVEL, "standard");
+}
+
 const generateContentId = idGenerator();
 
 /**
@@ -550,7 +579,7 @@ class Player extends EventEmitter<IPublicAPIEvent> {
           dashWasmUrl: workerSettings.dashWasmUrl,
           logLevel: log.getLevel(),
           logFormat: log.getFormat(),
-          sendBackLogs: isDebugModeEnabled(),
+          sendBackLogs: isDebugModeEnabled,
           date: Date.now(),
           timestamp: getMonotonicTimeStamp(),
           hasVideo: this.videoElement?.nodeName.toLowerCase() === "video",
@@ -569,7 +598,7 @@ class Player extends EventEmitter<IPublicAPIEvent> {
             value: {
               logLevel: logInfo.level,
               logFormat: logInfo.format,
-              sendBackLogs: isDebugModeEnabled(),
+              sendBackLogs: isDebugModeEnabled,
             },
           });
         },
diff --git a/src/minimal.ts b/src/minimal.ts
index 54a2d2344c..31ed371b32 100644
--- a/src/minimal.ts
+++ b/src/minimal.ts
@@ -21,19 +21,11 @@
  * import only features that is needed.
  */
 
-import isDebugModeEnabled from "./compat/is_debug_mode_enabled";
 import patchWebkitSourceBuffer from "./compat/patch_webkit_source_buffer";
-import logger from "./log";
 import Player from "./main_thread/api";
 
 patchWebkitSourceBuffer();
 
-if (isDebugModeEnabled()) {
-  logger.setLevel("DEBUG", "standard");
-} else if ((__ENVIRONMENT__.CURRENT_ENV as number) === (__ENVIRONMENT__.DEV as number)) {
-  logger.setLevel(__LOGGER_LEVEL__.CURRENT_LEVEL, "standard");
-}
-
 /**
  * Minimal Player which starts with no feature.
  */