diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 356a57d49a..dcb94594ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ xpath = ["nu_plugin_xpath"]
 codegen-units = 1 #Reduce parallel codegen units
 lto = true #Link Time Optimization
 opt-level = 'z' #Optimize for size
-debug = true
 
 # Core plugins that ship with `cargo install nu` by default
 # Currently, Cargo limits us to installing only one binary