diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 05993bf744095920ea251a6b776c119aaf8a45da..cf625b9a48322ab57e452a9be1518ca5047b3579 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang" OR "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUA
             -Wall
             -Werror
             -O3
-            -g
             -D_GNU_SOURCE
             -DHAVE_INLINE
             -DGSL_C99_INLINE