diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
index fea4e8da2f..038c3c9540 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     - ccache --zero-stats
     - section_start configure "Running configure"
     - ../configure --enable-werror --disable-docs --enable-fdt=system
+          --disable-debug-info
           ${TARGETS:+--target-list="$TARGETS"}
           $CONFIGURE_ARGS ||
       { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1; }