diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/corelib/text/qstringbuilder/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/benchmarks/corelib/text/qstringbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
index c3c95e233c2..f0b3af81464 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/corelib/text/qstringbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/corelib/text/qstringbuilder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,4 @@ qt_internal_add_benchmark(tst_bench_qstringbuilder
         tst_bench_qstringbuilder.cpp
     LIBRARIES
         Qt::Test
-    COMPILE_OPTIONS
-        -g
 )