diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linuxCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG_S
ITE.Common.linuxCommon
index 7f5d4aa11..2b035eac9 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linuxCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linuxCommon
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
#
# Site-specific settings for all linux targets
+# WARNING: Variables that are set in $(CONFIG)/CONFIG.gnuCommon cannot be
+# overridden in this file for native builds, e.g. variables such as
+# OPT_CFLAGS_YES, WARN_CFLAGS, SHRLIB_LDFLAGS
+# They must be set in the host+target specific file instead:
+# CONFIG_SITE.<linux-arch>.<linux-arch>
-# It makes sense to include debugging symbols even in optimized builds
-# in case you want to attach gdb to the process or examine a core-dump.
-# This does cost disk space, but not memory as debug symbols are not
-# loaded into RAM when the binary is loaded.
-OPT_CFLAGS_YES += -g
-OPT_CXXFLAGS_YES += -g