diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
index 8ead1a1703..5033b36edb 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 
   set(OPENCV_EXTRA_FLAGS_RELEASE "${OPENCV_EXTRA_FLAGS_RELEASE} -DNDEBUG")
   set(OPENCV_EXTRA_FLAGS_DEBUG "${OPENCV_EXTRA_FLAGS_DEBUG} -O0 -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG")
-  if(BUILD_WITH_DEBUG_INFO)
-    set(OPENCV_EXTRA_FLAGS_DEBUG "${OPENCV_EXTRA_FLAGS_DEBUG} -ggdb3")
-  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC)