Index: cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
===================================================================
--- cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@
         "${flags_var_to_scrub}" "${${flags_var_to_scrub}}")
     endforeach()
   endif()
-else()
-  if( NOT uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RELEASE" )
-    if( NOT MSVC_IDE AND NOT XCODE )
-      add_definitions( -DNDEBUG )
-    endif()
-  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32)