diff --git a/mkspecs/common/gcc-base-mac.conf b/mkspecs/common/gcc-base-mac.conf
index e0469f31cc..cb1e17bc90 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/gcc-base-mac.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/gcc-base-mac.conf
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ include(gcc-base.conf)
 
 QMAKE_COMPILER_DEFINES += __APPLE__ __GNUC__=4
 
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG     += -gdwarf-2
-
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG   += -gdwarf-2
-
 QMAKE_OBJECTIVE_CFLAGS          = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS
 QMAKE_OBJECTIVE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON  = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON
 QMAKE_OBJECTIVE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF