diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0f60031a..eb39d048 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 llvm-toolchain-7 (1:7.0.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Enable -DENABLE_LINKER_BUILD_ID:BOOL=ON as, unlike gcc, isn't enabled
-    by default in clang.
+    by default in clang. Thanks to Adrian Bunk for the patch.
     Once more, thanks to Rebecca Palmer (Closes: #916975)
 
  -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Fri, 21 Dec 2018 17:07:44 +0100
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 98f7ec63..60b914eb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ override_dh_auto_configure: preconfigure
 	-DPOLLY_BUNDLED_JSONCPP=OFF \
 	-DLLVM_EXPERIMENTAL_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="WebAssembly;AVR" \
 	-DCLANG_ENABLE_BOOTSTRAP=ON \
-	-DENABLE_LINKER_BUILD_ID:BOOL=ON \
 	-DCLANG_VENDOR=$(VENDOR) \
 	-DCLANG_BOOTSTRAP_PASSTHROUGH="CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX;CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE;CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE;CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO;LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB;LLVM_INSTALL_UTILS;LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX;LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX;SPHINX_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS;LLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB;LLVM_ENABLE_RTTI;LLVM_ENABLE_FFI;LIBCLANG_LIBRARY_VERSION;ENABLE_LINKER_BUILD_ID;POLLY_BUNDLED_JSONCPP;LLVM_EXPERIMENTAL_TARGETS_TO_BUILD;LLVM_USE_PERF;LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS;LLVM_BINUTILS_INCDIR;LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE;;LLVM_COMPILER_CHECKED;COMPILER_RT_BUILD_BUILTINS;LIBOMP_LIBFLAGS;CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS"