How to force LeakCheck Delphi library to not collect data?

I use Delphi's LeakCheck library https://bitbucket.org/shadow_cs/delphi-leakcheck.

I know I can disable leak reporting using a construct like this:

{$IFDEF DEBUG}
System.ReportMemoryLeaksOnShutdown := true; // this will enable LeakCheck to display a message on Windows
{$ELSE}
System.ReportMemoryLeaksOnShutdown := false;
{$ENDIF}

But I also need the library to NOT collect any data when compiled in RELEASE mode.

I can easily "hack" the LeakCheck.pas initialization/finalization sections like this:

...
{$IFDEF DEBUG} // <--- Code added by me
initialization
  TLeakCheck.Initialize;
finalization
  TLeakCheck.Finalize;
{$ENDIF} // <--- Code added by me
end.

Is there any better way? A conditional define I miss or a global property?

Solution

I don't use the specific library (LeakCheck) you mention, but I typically do this by only including the unit when the right configuration is defined (in this case, DEBUG). This means that in release it's not even included in the executable.

uses
  ...,
  {$IFDEF Debug}
  LeakCheck,
  {$ENDIF}
  ...;

As is pointed out in a comment, LeakCheck has to be the first unit listed in the .dpr's uses clause, which may cause an occasional problem with the IDE; it sometimes ends up breaking due to the {$IFDEF}. I usually don't find this to be a major issue, because once it happens and you've seen what the cause is, it's pretty easy to just go back in and fix it.

If that becomes too much of an issue, there is another workaround - create a new unit that does nothing but use LeakCheck and SysUtils, and add the above {$IFDEF} in that unit. You then include the new unit first in your .dpr. As it's only task is actually to use LeakCheck, it still puts LeakCheck in first-compile order in the .dpr when needed, and does not include it at all when not.