diff --git a/j4-dmenu-desktop/.signature b/j4-dmenu-desktop/.signature
index c64f46341..1cfd64168 100644
--- a/j4-dmenu-desktop/.signature
+++ b/j4-dmenu-desktop/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3yGqZklGgAlyy6x/qXxggLQzW4jwmrD6SEE3nWxpG+zsDwaC+VWk38h5I2aiznVbZtANRSGKsPFtRptwEIW1eQo=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 31e6cefa2ae845c4b435c551486fcbdb6f2f9a32d5bafa855474d201f770b90b
+RWSagIOpLGJF3+kVd5AvEq+x4q8mO3ML/l5Cz8m+ruR7sH/av9JXZgvmL9SWj/XcY5xO5qcgYb7gwItNi2Zx5vprHxK6kIujqw8=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 28c2406fdb741b1f1ae262ddf43e7ea3e36057ea4342d1eb2d42b495585fb35b
 SHA256 (.footprint) = 97adaf4f67cba564d20dd6550990d3c2fa5125e6b0c5292c14bf735bd1782a2f
 SHA256 (j4-dmenu-desktop-2.18.tar.gz) = 77c5605d0c1291bcf1e13b186ea3b32ddf4753de0d0e39127b4a7d2098393e25
diff --git a/j4-dmenu-desktop/Pkgfile b/j4-dmenu-desktop/Pkgfile
index 2a4d0d128..2b573a4ba 100644
--- a/j4-dmenu-desktop/Pkgfile
+++ b/j4-dmenu-desktop/Pkgfile
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ build() {
   cmake -S $name-r$version -B build $PKGMK_J4DD \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
     -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-    -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="$CXXFLAGS -DNDEBUG" \
-    -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="$CFLAGS -DNDEBUG" \
+    -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="$CXXFLAGS" \
+    -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="$CFLAGS" \
     -DWITH_TESTS="no" \
     -Wno-dev
   cmake --build build