diff --git a/extras/contrib/bootstrap b/extras/contrib/bootstrap
index e9a6539393e0cf655efb0c7e1c7dc7d4b5ff1219..5c2123ce1c4f9752262272d2077d519ca080a95f 100755
--- a/extras/contrib/bootstrap
+++ b/extras/contrib/bootstrap
@@ -299,5 +299,4 @@ if test -z "$CONTRIBS_RELEASE"; then
     echo "***********************************************************"
 else
     echo "EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG" >> config.mak
-    echo "EXTRA_CPPFLAGS += -DNDEBUG" >> config.mak
 fi