diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pu/pulse-visualizer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pu/pulse-visualizer/package.nix
index 837ffe06f4df..d82e5c60c723 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pu/pulse-visualizer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pu/pulse-visualizer/package.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "-G Ninja"
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++"
     "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang"
-    "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
   ];
 
   meta = {