diff --git a/kodi-addon-inputstream-adaptive/Pkgfile b/kodi-addon-inputstream-adaptive/Pkgfile
index 2acc371e8..109b67827 100644
--- a/kodi-addon-inputstream-adaptive/Pkgfile
+++ b/kodi-addon-inputstream-adaptive/Pkgfile
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ build() {
   cmake -S inputstream.adaptive-$version-$_codename -B build -G Ninja \
     -D CMAKE_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" \
     -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1 \
     -Wno-dev
   cmake --build build