diff --git a/lodash.src.js b/lodash.src.js
index fedf96ae7..5aa050a79 100644
--- a/lodash.src.js
+++ b/lodash.src.js
@@ -197,13 +197,6 @@
   cloneableTags[mapTag] = cloneableTags[setTag] =
   cloneableTags[weakMapTag] = false;
 
-  /** Used as an internal `_.debounce` options object by `_.throttle`. */
-  var debounceOptions = {
-    'leading': false,
-    'maxWait': 0,
-    'trailing': false
-  };
-
   /** Used to map latin-1 supplementary letters to basic latin letters. */
   var deburredLetters = {
     '\xc0': 'A',  '\xc1': 'A', '\xc2': 'A', '\xc3': 'A', '\xc4': 'A', '\xc5': 'A',
@@ -8369,10 +8362,7 @@
         leading = 'leading' in options ? !!options.leading : leading;
         trailing = 'trailing' in options ? !!options.trailing : trailing;
       }
-      debounceOptions.leading = leading;
-      debounceOptions.maxWait = +wait;
-      debounceOptions.trailing = trailing;
-      return debounce(func, wait, debounceOptions);
+      return debounce(func, wait, { 'leading': leading, 'maxWait': +wait, 'trailing': trailing });
     }
 
     /**