diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index 9a82de7e..e97cf3e1 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -165,16 +165,6 @@ def build_uwsgi(uc):
                 except:
                     pass
 
-                try:
-                    p_cflags.remove('-g')
-                except:
-                    pass
-
-                try:
-                    p_cflags.remove('-ggdb')
-                except:
-                    pass
-
                 for cfile in up.GCC_LIST:
                     if not cfile.endswith('.a'):
                         compile(' '.join(p_cflags),
@@ -809,16 +799,6 @@ def build_plugin(path, uc, cflags, ldflags, libs, name = None):
     except:
         pass
 
-    try:
-        p_cflags.remove('-g')
-    except:
-        pass
-
-    try:
-        p_cflags.remove('-ggdb')
-    except:
-        pass
-
     #for ofile in up.OBJ_LIST:
     #    gcc_list.insert(0,ofile)