diff --git a/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b83feb45..b65aee4cf 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ set (OPENCS_SRC main.cpp
 
 opencs_units (. editor)
 
-set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE DEBUG)
-
 opencs_units (model/doc
     document operation saving documentmanager loader runner
     )
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f8352ddb..a49e54dd3 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 project (Components)
-set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE DEBUG)
 
 # Version file
 set (VERSION_HPP_IN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version/version.hpp.cmake)