diff --git a/packages/audio/flac/package.mk b/packages/audio/flac/package.mk
index ea3c45825a..69e64d5433 100644
--- a/packages/audio/flac/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/flac/package.mk
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ pre_configure_target() {
   # flac-1.3.1 dont build with LTO support
   strip_lto
 
-  # k0p -ggdb. dont allow debug builds
-  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-ggdb||"`
-  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-ggdb||"`
-  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-ggdb||"`
-
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
 }