--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -153,7 +122,6 @@
 if test x$LIBDEBUG = x"true"; then
 	AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_DEBUG, 1,
 		[Define to 1 if you want native library runtime debugging code enabled])
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LIBDEBUG)