diff -Nrup a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt	2023-05-16 18:20:15.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt	2023-06-06 23:28:14.979612895 +0200
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ endif()
 if(${SRB2_CONFIG_USEASM})
 	#SRB2_ASM_FLAGS can be used to pass flags to either nasm or yasm.
 	if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "Linux")
+		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS})
 		set(SRB2_ASM_FLAGS "-DLINUX ${SRB2_ASM_FLAGS}")
 	endif()
 
@@ -290,22 +291,6 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(sdl)
 
-# strip debug symbols into separate file when using gcc.
-# to be consistent with Makefile, don't generate for OS X.
-if((CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC) AND NOT ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES Darwin))
-	if((${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} MATCHES Debug) OR (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} MATCHES RelWithDebInfo))
-		if(${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} MATCHES Debug)
-			set(OBJCOPY_ONLY_KEEP_DEBUG "--only-keep-debug")
-		endif()
-		message(STATUS "Will make separate debug symbols in *.debug")
-		add_custom_command(TARGET SRB2SDL2 POST_BUILD
-			COMMAND ${OBJCOPY} ${OBJCOPY_ONLY_KEEP_DEBUG} $<TARGET_FILE:SRB2SDL2> $<TARGET_FILE:SRB2SDL2>.debug
-			COMMAND ${OBJCOPY} --strip-debug $<TARGET_FILE:SRB2SDL2>
-			COMMAND ${OBJCOPY} --add-gnu-debuglink=$<TARGET_FILE:SRB2SDL2>.debug $<TARGET_FILE:SRB2SDL2>
-		)
-	endif()
-endif()
-
 # copy DLLs to bin/ directory if building internal shared on windows
 if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL Windows AND NOT "${SRB2_CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBRARIES}" AND "${SRB2_CONFIG_SHARED_INTERNAL_LIBRARIES}")
 	set(ADDITIONAL_DLLS "")