diff --git a/package/sofia-sip/sofia-sip.mk b/package/sofia-sip/sofia-sip.mk
index 274c72fce8..fb565637eb 100644
--- a/package/sofia-sip/sofia-sip.mk
+++ b/package/sofia-sip/sofia-sip.mk
@@ -30,8 +30,4 @@ SOFIA_SIP_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--without-openssl
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),)
-SOFIA_SIP_CONF_OPTS += --enable-ndebug
-endif
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))