diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/gbuild.mk b/solenv/gbuild/gbuild.mk
index 8409702a636a..05f1bd21e256 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/gbuild.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/gbuild.mk
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ gb_GLOBALDEFS += -DTIMELOG \
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(gb_DEBUGLEVEL),0)
-gb_GLOBALDEFS += -DOPTIMIZE \
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(ASSERT_ALWAYS_ABORT)),FALSE)
 gb_GLOBALDEFS += -DNDEBUG \