diff --git a/do_cmake.sh b/do_cmake.sh
index 8c15d970242b1..edded7a8e701e 100755
--- a/do_cmake.sh
+++ b/do_cmake.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if type cmake3 > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
 else
     CMAKE=cmake
 fi
-${CMAKE} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug $ARGS "$@" .. || exit 1
+${CMAKE} $ARGS "$@" .. || exit 1
 
 # minimal config to find plugins
 cat <<EOF > ceph.conf