diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b7e0780a..3d8215fb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DEB_HOST_ARCH       = $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
 OCAML_STDLIB_DIR    ?= $(shell ocamlc -where)
 
 LDFLAGS_EXTRA =
-CXXFLAGS_EXTRA = -std=c++0x -gsplit-dwarf
+CXXFLAGS_EXTRA = -std=c++0x
 CONFIGURE_EXTRA =
 CMAKE_EXTRA =