diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/core5/text/qstringbuilder/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/benchmarks/core5/text/qstringbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a41a3b..c3978d1 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/core5/text/qstringbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/core5/text/qstringbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ qt_internal_add_benchmark(tst_bench_qstringbuilder
     LIBRARIES
         Qt::Core5Compat
         Qt::Test
-    COMPILE_OPTIONS
-        -g
 )
 
 #### Keys ignored in scope 1:.:.:qstringbuilder.pro:<TRUE>:
-# QMAKE_CFLAGS = "-g"
 # TEMPLATE = "app"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/core5/text/qstringbuilder/qstringbuilder.pro b/tests/benchmarks/core5/text/qstringbuilder/qstringbuilder.pro
index c17ad5f..879213a 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/core5/text/qstringbuilder/qstringbuilder.pro
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/core5/text/qstringbuilder/qstringbuilder.pro
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@ TEMPLATE = app
 CONFIG += benchmark
 QT = core testlib core5compat
 
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -g
-QMAKE_CFLAGS += -g
-
 TARGET = tst_bench_qstringbuilder
 SOURCES += main.cpp