diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/template b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
index dc42fab1be..e5a1c60f73 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ checksum="1ff53c915b4e761ef400b803f07261ade637b0c269d99569f18040f3dcee4408
 hostmakedepends="groff perl python zlib-devel libffi-devel swig"
 makedepends="python-devel zlib-devel libffi-devel libedit-devel libxml2-devel binutils-devel libatomic-devel"
 depends="libllvm6.0"
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	x86_64) : ALLOW DEBUG ;;
-	*) nodebug=yes ;;
-esac
 
 subpackages="clang-tools-extra clang clang-analyzer libllvm6.0"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
@@ -102,6 +98,10 @@ post_extract() {
 }
 
 pre_configure() {
+	# Vastly reduce size of debugging symbols:
+	CFLAGS=${CFLAGS/ -g/ -g1}
+	CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS/ -g/ -g1}
+
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		msg_normal "Building host tblgen\n"
 		mkdir -p build/HOST