diff --git a/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake b/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
index 777b91e..75a13c9 100644
--- a/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
+++ b/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ macro(config_compiler_and_linker)
   if (MSVC)
     # Newlines inside flags variables break CMake's NMake generator.
     # TODO(vladl@google.com): Add -RTCs and -RTCu to debug builds.
-    set(cxx_base_flags "-GS -W4 -WX -wd4251 -wd4275 -nologo -J -Zi")
+    set(cxx_base_flags "-GS -W4 -WX -wd4251 -wd4275 -nologo -J")
     if (MSVC_VERSION LESS 1400)  # 1400 is Visual Studio 2005
       # Suppress spurious warnings MSVC 7.1 sometimes issues.
       # Forcing value to bool.