diff --git a/azure-pipelines/release.yml b/azure-pipelines/release.yml
index 25cf9064..383df763 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines/release.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines/release.yml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ stages:
         steps:
           - template: steps/build_windows.yml
             parameters:
-              build_type: 'RelWithDebInfo'
-              cmake_flags: ''
+              build_type: 'MinSizeRel'
+              cmake_flags: '-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-g'
           - script: |
               set PATH=%PATH%;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin"
               C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "./build-setup.sh"
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 041eb669..e359e0a3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ add_subdirectory (xoj-preview-extractor)
 add_definitions (-g -Wreturn-type -Wuninitialized -Wunused-value -Wunused-variable)
 
 if (WIN32)
-  # optimize for size (the Windows .exe is really big)
-  set (xournalpp_LDFLAGS ${xournalpp_LDFLAGS} "-Os -s")
 elseif (APPLE OR LINUX)
   # Nothing to do for APPLE and linux
 else ()