diff --git a/app-misc/interception-tools/interception-tools-0.6.8-r1.ebuild b/app-misc/interception-tools/interception-tools-0.6.8-r1.ebuild
index fd51388f34..e86ab1c4a2 100644
--- a/app-misc/interception-tools/interception-tools-0.6.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/interception-tools/interception-tools-0.6.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-
 inherit cmake systemd
 
 DESCRIPTION="A minimal composable infrastructure on top of libudev and libevdev"