diff --git a/srcpkgs/rocksdb/template b/srcpkgs/rocksdb/template
index e39329e5d6a..2ae7db40ab9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rocksdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rocksdb/template
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ pkgname=rocksdb
 version=5.18.3
 revision=2
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DPORTABLE=1 -DWITH_TESTS=0
- -DUSE_RTTI=0 -DWITH_LZ4=1"
+configure_args="-DPORTABLE=1 -DWITH_TESTS=0 -DUSE_RTTI=0 -DWITH_LZ4=1"
 makedepends="liblz4-devel"
 short_desc="RocksDB is a embeddable, persistent key-value store for fast storage"
 maintainer="magenbluten <mb0@codemonkey.cc>"
-license="GPL-2.0-or-later, Apache-2.0"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later, Apache-2.0, BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7fb6738263d3f2b360d7468cf2ebe333f3109f3ba1ff80115abd145d75287254
+CFLAGS=-DNDEBUG
+CXXFLAGS=-DNDEBUG
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"