diff --git a/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk b/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
index 0360b63ae9..04c2cab2a1 100644
--- a/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) is a compiler infrastructure desi
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_HOST="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-                     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=ON \
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_HOST="-DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=ON \
                      -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
                      -DLLVM_BUILD_UTILS=OFF \
                      -DLLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
@@ -59,8 +58,7 @@ makeinstall_host() {
   cp -a bin/llvm-config $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin/llvm-config-host
 }
 
-PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-                       -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
                        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" \
                        -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=ON \
                        -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \