diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_errors.ml b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_errors.ml
index e7e9564f6..e395923dc 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_errors.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend_errors.ml
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ let filter_parsed_linters_by_path parsed_linters source_file =
 
 let filter_parsed_linters parsed_linters source_file =
   let linters = filter_parsed_linters_developer parsed_linters in
-  filter_parsed_linters_by_path linters source_file
+  if (Config.debug_mode || not Config.filtering) then
+    linters (* do not filter by path if in debug or no filtering mode *)
+  else filter_parsed_linters_by_path linters source_file
 
 let pp_linters fmt linters =
   let pp_linter fmt {issue_desc={name}} =
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/Makefile b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/Makefile
index d5f76c19b..334e80131 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/Makefile
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ TESTS_DIR = ../../..
 
 ANALYZER = linters
 CLANG_OPTIONS = -fobjc-arc -c
-INFER_OPTIONS = --cxx --linters-def-file linters_example.al --no-filtering --debug-exceptions --project-root $(TESTS_DIR) --no-failures-allowed
+INFER_OPTIONS = --cxx --linters-def-file linters_example.al --project-root $(TESTS_DIR) --no-failures-allowed
 INFERPRINT_OPTIONS = --issues-tests
 
 SOURCES = \