diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 288113f78dbb86c48c0d901c25dead793cf98d7f..0b20c16f9e398aec855679900351df0a4ac2c1c4 100644
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
-		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/zynthian -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBUILD_TESTS=off -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=off
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/zynthian -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_TESTS=off -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=off
 
 override_dh_usrlocal: