diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 885874b..e3ece31 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -1061,14 +1061,11 @@ find . -name '*~' -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.append' -delete
 # Wipe all .gitignore/.get_maintainer.ignore files
 find . -name "*.g*ignore" -delete
 
-# Enable debug info if requested.
-sed -i '/CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO/d' .config
-%if %build_debug
-echo 'CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y' >> %{build_dir}/.config.append
-echo 'CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4=y' >> %{build_dir}/.config.append
-echo 'CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS=y' >> %{build_dir}/.config.append
-%else
-echo 'CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=n' >> %{build_dir}/.config.append
+# Disable debug info if requested (enabled by default)
+%if ! %build_debug
+sed -i -e '/CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO/d' -e '/CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS/d' .config
+echo '# CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is not set' >> %{build_dir}/.config.append
+echo '# CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS is not set' >> %{build_dir}/.config.append
 %endif
 
 sed -i '/CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE/d' .config