diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index dbe904f1..11791d9b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
-
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 
-
 include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 
-export DEB_CXXFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic -O3
-
+export DEB_CXXFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic
 export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND =
 
-
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel