diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index f3dfa8107a..c85a8b5b31 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DISTRO_NAME = "Poky Tiny"
 DISTROOVERRIDES = "poky:poky-tiny"
 TCLIBC = "musl"
 
-FULL_OPTIMIZATION="-Os -pipe ${DEBUG_FLAGS}"
+FULL_OPTIMIZATION = "-Os"
 
 # FIXME: consider adding a new "tiny" feature
 #DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " tiny"