diff --git a/macros b/macros
index 0efbcac..b93bd9b 100644
--- a/macros
+++ b/macros
@@ -255,11 +255,6 @@
 # bootstrapping Fedora RISC-V
 %__spec_check_pre exit 0
 
-# disable debug packages as we don't have gdb-add-index
-# GDB is not yet ported on RISC-V to support Linux targets
-%_enable_debug_packages 0
-%debug_package %{nil}
-
 # override /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.perl instead of modifying it in order 
 # to keep custom changes in one place (and no need to rebuild perl again).
 #