diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d5ff9e49..1e154f41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ endif()
 if(MSVC)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /EHsc /utf-8 /O2")
 else()
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fexceptions -s -O2")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fexceptions -O2")
 
     # disable -Wshorten-64-to-32 for apple
     if(APPLE)