diff --git a/srcpkgs/firefox/template b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
index 7b09a99e306..3f2c64da99b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/firefox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ license="MPL-1.1, GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${MOZILLA_SITE}/${pkgname}/releases/${version}/source/${pkgname}-${version}.source.tar.bz2"
 checksum=6aa2cd33903d612cf569e2824a6168feb6209f09fb3ca730ec10236da49bd236
 
+disable_debug=yes
+
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 
 makedepends="unzip zip perl python yasm libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10