diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index f6434c07b..72f3c92f3 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ To build **pokeemerald.elf** with enhanced debug info:
 ```bash
 make DINFO=1
 ```
+Note that this is only necessary for the `modern` target; the regular target has debug info enabled by default.
 
 ## devkitARM's C compiler
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6283a87fe..c36cc8e93 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ LIBPATH := -L ../../tools/agbcc/lib
 LIB := $(LIBPATH) -lgcc -lc -L../../libagbsyscall -lagbsyscall
 else
 CC1              = $(shell $(PATH_MODERNCC) --print-prog-name=cc1) -quiet
-override CFLAGS += -mthumb -mthumb-interwork -O2 -mabi=apcs-gnu -mtune=arm7tdmi -march=armv4t -fno-toplevel-reorder -Wno-pointer-to-int-cast -g
+override CFLAGS += -mthumb -mthumb-interwork -O2 -mabi=apcs-gnu -mtune=arm7tdmi -march=armv4t -fno-toplevel-reorder -Wno-pointer-to-int-cast
 ROM := $(MODERN_ROM_NAME)
 OBJ_DIR := $(MODERN_OBJ_DIR_NAME)
 LIBPATH := -L "$(dir $(shell $(PATH_MODERNCC) -mthumb -print-file-name=libgcc.a))" -L "$(dir $(shell $(PATH_MODERNCC) -mthumb -print-file-name=libnosys.a))" -L "$(dir $(shell $(PATH_MODERNCC) -mthumb -print-file-name=libc.a))"