diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 53e96e9d5..2b83cad71 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CXXFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wfloat-equal -Wcast-qual -g -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG
+CXXFLAGS=-O2 -DNDEBUG -Wall
 CXX=g++
 BIN=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin