diff --git a/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake b/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
index 99725b7..3c25b0a 100644
--- a/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
+++ b/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ 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")
     set(cxx_base_flags "${cxx_base_flags} -D_UNICODE -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -D_WIN32")
     set(cxx_base_flags "${cxx_base_flags} -DSTRICT -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN")
     set(cxx_exception_flags "-EHsc -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=1")