--- a/buildSrc/linux.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/linux.gradle
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (IS_STATIC_BUILD) {
 def cppFlags = [
         commonFlags, "-I$JDK_HOME/include", "-I$JDK_HOME/include/linux", "-c",
         "-ffunction-sections", "-fdata-sections",
-        IS_DEBUG_NATIVE ? ["-ggdb", "-DVERBOSE"] : ["-O2", "-DNDEBUG"]].flatten()
+        IS_DEBUG_NATIVE ? ["-ggdb", "-DNDEBUG"] : ["-O2", "-DNDEBUG"]].flatten()
 
 def cFlags = [cppFlags, "-Werror=implicit-function-declaration"].flatten()