diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
index db47a0b2ef..f8c7d818ab 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ script: |
   export PATH=$STAGING/host/bin:$PATH
   export TAR_OPTIONS=--mtime=`echo $REFERENCE_DATETIME | awk '{ print $1 }'`
   ./autogen.sh
-  ./configure --disable-debug --bindir=$OUTDIR --prefix=$STAGING --host=i586-mingw32msvc --with-qt-plugindir=$STAGING/plugins  --with-qt-incdir=$STAGING/include --with-qt-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --with-boost=$STAGING --disable-maintainer-mode --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --disable-dependency-tracking CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin"
+  ./configure --bindir=$OUTDIR --prefix=$STAGING --host=i586-mingw32msvc --with-qt-plugindir=$STAGING/plugins  --with-qt-incdir=$STAGING/include --with-qt-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --with-boost=$STAGING --disable-maintainer-mode --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --disable-dependency-tracking CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin"
   make dist
   mkdir -p distsrc
   cd distsrc
   tar --strip-components=1 -xf ../bitcoin-*.tar.*
-  ./configure --disable-debug --bindir=$OUTDIR --prefix=$STAGING --host=i586-mingw32msvc --with-qt-plugindir=$STAGING/plugins  --with-qt-incdir=$STAGING/include --with-qt-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --with-boost=$STAGING --disable-maintainer-mode --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --disable-dependency-tracking CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin"
+  ./configure --bindir=$OUTDIR --prefix=$STAGING --host=i586-mingw32msvc --with-qt-plugindir=$STAGING/plugins  --with-qt-incdir=$STAGING/include --with-qt-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --with-boost=$STAGING --disable-maintainer-mode --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --disable-dependency-tracking CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin"
   export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1
   export FAKETIME=$REFERENCE_DATETIME
   export TZ=UTC
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
index aeebc7efd4..18e4cc2803 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ script: |
   cd bitcoin
   export TAR_OPTIONS=--mtime=`echo $REFERENCE_DATETIME | awk '{ print $1 }'`
   ./autogen.sh
-  ./configure --disable-debug --prefix=$STAGING --bindir=$OUTDIR --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$STAGING/lib/pkgconfig" CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin"
+  ./configure --prefix=$STAGING --bindir=$OUTDIR --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$STAGING/lib/pkgconfig" CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin"
   make dist
   mkdir -p distsrc
   cd distsrc
   tar --strip-components=1 -xf ../bitcoin-*.tar.*
-  ./configure --disable-debug --prefix=$STAGING --bindir=$OUTDIR --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$STAGING/lib/pkgconfig" CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin"
+  ./configure --prefix=$STAGING --bindir=$OUTDIR --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$STAGING/lib/pkgconfig" CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin"
   make $MAKEOPTS
   make $MAKEOPTS install-strip
   mkdir -p $OUTDIR/src