diff --git a/extra/gtk+3/build b/extra/gtk+3/build
index bfc5b966..8317fc8d 100755
--- a/extra/gtk+3/build
+++ b/extra/gtk+3/build
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ sed -i 's/docs m4macros/m4macros/'          Makefile.am Makefile.in
     --enable-xcomposite \
     --enable-xdamage \
     --enable-x11-backend \
-    --enable-debug=no \
     --disable-schemas-compile \
     --disable-cups \
     --disable-papi \