diff --git a/SPECS/nodejs.spec b/SPECS/nodejs.spec
index df176f6..a86211c 100644
--- a/SPECS/nodejs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/nodejs.spec
@@ -388,12 +388,12 @@ export CXX='g++'
 # build with debugging symbols and add defines from libuv (#892601)
 # Node's v8 breaks with GCC 6 because of incorrect usage of methods on
 # NULL objects. We need to pass -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
-export CFLAGS='%{optflags} -g \
+export CFLAGS='%{optflags} \
                -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE \
                -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 \
                -DZLIB_CONST \
                -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks'
-export CXXFLAGS='%{optflags} -g \
+export CXXFLAGS='%{optflags} \
                  -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE \
                  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 \
                  -DZLIB_CONST \