diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqld--help.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqld--help.result
index c123d305bc7..5e37fde47a7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqld--help.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqld--help.result
@@ -1301,7 +1301,6 @@ slave-max-allowed-packet 1073741824
 slave-net-timeout 3600
 slave-parallel-max-queued 131072
 slave-parallel-threads 0
-slave-run-triggers-for-rbr NO
 slave-skip-errors (No default value)
 slave-sql-verify-checksum TRUE
 slave-transaction-retries 10
diff --git a/sql/log_event.cc b/sql/log_event.cc
index f1389c36f5c..e1f48bf9a4e 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.cc
+++ b/sql/log_event.cc
@@ -9486,10 +9486,12 @@ int Rows_log_event::do_add_row_data(uchar *row_data, size_t length)
 */
 static void restore_empty_query_table_list(LEX *lex)
 {
+#ifdef RBR_TRIGGERS
   if (lex->first_not_own_table())
       (*lex->first_not_own_table()->prev_global)= NULL;
   lex->query_tables= NULL;
   lex->query_tables_last= &lex->query_tables;
+#endif //RBR_TRIGGERS
 }
 
 
@@ -10043,7 +10045,7 @@ Rows_log_event::do_update_pos(rpl_group_info *rgi)
   DBUG_RETURN(error);
 }
 
-#endif /* !defined(MYSQL_CLIENT) && defined(HAVE_REPLICATION) */
+#endif //defined(MYSQL_SERVER) && defined(HAVE_REPLICATION)
 
 #ifndef MYSQL_CLIENT
 bool Rows_log_event::write_data_header(IO_CACHE *file)
@@ -10395,8 +10397,10 @@ Table_map_log_event::Table_map_log_event(THD *thd, TABLE *tbl, ulong tid,
   DBUG_ASSERT(static_cast<size_t>(cbuf_end - cbuf) <= sizeof(cbuf));
   m_data_size+= (cbuf_end - cbuf) + m_colcnt;	// COLCNT and column types
 
+#ifdef RBR_TRIGGERS
   if (tbl->triggers)
     m_flags|= TM_BIT_HAS_TRIGGERS_F;
+#endif //RBR_TRIGGERS
 
   /* If malloc fails, caught in is_valid() */
   if ((m_memory= (uchar*) my_malloc(m_colcnt, MYF(MY_WME))))
@@ -10805,7 +10809,9 @@ int Table_map_log_event::do_apply_event(rpl_group_info *rgi)
   table_list->table_id= DBUG_EVALUATE_IF("inject_tblmap_same_id_maps_diff_table", 0, m_table_id);
   table_list->updating= 1;
   table_list->required_type= FRMTYPE_TABLE;
+#ifdef RBR_TRIGGERS
   table_list->master_had_triggers= ((m_flags & TM_BIT_HAS_TRIGGERS_F) ? 1 : 0);
+#endif //RBR_TRIGGERS
   DBUG_PRINT("debug", ("table: %s is mapped to %u%s",
                        table_list->table_name, table_list->table_id,
                        (table_list->master_had_triggers ?
@@ -11127,6 +11133,7 @@ bool Rows_log_event::process_triggers(trg_event_type event,
                                       trg_action_time_type time_type,
                                       bool old_row_is_record1)
 {
+#ifdef RBR_TRIGGERS
   bool result;
   DBUG_ENTER("Rows_log_event::process_triggers");
   if (slave_run_triggers_for_rbr == SLAVE_RUN_TRIGGERS_FOR_RBR_YES)
@@ -11141,6 +11148,9 @@ bool Rows_log_event::process_triggers(trg_event_type event,
                                               time_type, old_row_is_record1);
 
   DBUG_RETURN(result);
+#else
+  return TRUE;
+#endif //RBR_TRIGGERS
 }
 /*
   Check if there are more UNIQUE keys after the given key.
@@ -12107,8 +12117,10 @@ Delete_rows_log_event::do_before_row_operations(const Slave_reporting_capability
     */
     return 0;
   }
+#ifdef RBR_TRIGGERS
   if (slave_run_triggers_for_rbr && !master_had_triggers)
     m_table->prepare_triggers_for_delete_stmt_or_event();
+#endif //RBR_TRIGGERS
 
   return find_key();
 }
diff --git a/sql/log_event.h b/sql/log_event.h
index dc6afb10a6d..06da034dc58 100644
--- a/sql/log_event.h
+++ b/sql/log_event.h
@@ -4340,7 +4340,7 @@ protected:
   bool process_triggers(trg_event_type event,
                         trg_action_time_type time_type,
                         bool old_row_is_record1);
-#endif
+#endif //defined(MYSQL_SERVER) && defined(HAVE_REPLICATION)
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index de461be524d..bf38937979c 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -479,7 +479,9 @@ ulong open_files_limit, max_binlog_size;
 ulong slave_trans_retries;
 uint  slave_net_timeout;
 ulong slave_exec_mode_options;
+#ifdef RBR_TRIGGERS
 ulong slave_run_triggers_for_rbr= 0;
+#endif //RBR_TRIGGERS
 ulong slave_ddl_exec_mode_options= SLAVE_EXEC_MODE_IDEMPOTENT;
 ulonglong slave_type_conversions_options;
 ulong thread_cache_size=0;
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.h b/sql/mysqld.h
index aaf8837868e..0e3af959122 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.h
+++ b/sql/mysqld.h
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ extern my_bool opt_safe_show_db, opt_local_infile, opt_myisam_use_mmap;
 extern my_bool opt_slave_compressed_protocol, use_temp_pool;
 extern ulong slave_exec_mode_options, slave_ddl_exec_mode_options;
 extern ulong slave_retried_transactions;
+#ifdef RBR_TRIGGERS
 extern ulong slave_run_triggers_for_rbr;
+#else
+#define slave_run_triggers_for_rbr 0
+#endif //RBR_TRIGGERS
 extern ulonglong slave_type_conversions_options;
 extern my_bool read_only, opt_readonly;
 extern my_bool lower_case_file_system;
diff --git a/sql/sys_vars.cc b/sql/sys_vars.cc
index 474362b5628..520e4c21468 100644
--- a/sql/sys_vars.cc
+++ b/sql/sys_vars.cc
@@ -2737,6 +2737,7 @@ static Sys_var_enum Slave_ddl_exec_mode(
        GLOBAL_VAR(slave_ddl_exec_mode_options), CMD_LINE(REQUIRED_ARG),
        slave_exec_mode_names, DEFAULT(SLAVE_EXEC_MODE_IDEMPOTENT));
 
+#ifdef RBR_TRIGGERS
 static const char *slave_run_triggers_for_rbr_names[]=
   {"NO", "YES", "LOGGING", 0};
 static Sys_var_enum Slave_run_triggers_for_rbr(
@@ -2751,6 +2752,7 @@ static Sys_var_enum Slave_run_triggers_for_rbr(
        GLOBAL_VAR(slave_run_triggers_for_rbr), CMD_LINE(REQUIRED_ARG),
        slave_run_triggers_for_rbr_names,
        DEFAULT(SLAVE_RUN_TRIGGERS_FOR_RBR_NO));
+#endif //RBR_TRIGGERS
 
 static const char *slave_type_conversions_name[]= {"ALL_LOSSY", "ALL_NON_LOSSY", 0};
 static Sys_var_set Slave_type_conversions(