diff --git a/ima-evm-utils.spec b/ima-evm-utils.spec
index c584ec4..c02c3be 100644
--- a/ima-evm-utils.spec
+++ b/ima-evm-utils.spec
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ popd
 
 %build
 autoreconf -vif
-%configure --disable-static --disable-engine
+%configure --disable-static --disable-engine --disable-debug
 %make_build
 
 %if 0%{bootstrap}
 pushd compat/
 autoreconf -vif
-%configure --disable-static --disable-engine
+%configure --disable-static --disable-engine --disable-debug
 %make_build
 popd
 %endif