diff --git a/xfsprogs.spec b/xfsprogs.spec
index a09571c..d2f06f6 100644
--- a/xfsprogs.spec
+++ b/xfsprogs.spec
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ in building or running the xfstests QA suite.
 %patch2 -p1
 
 %build
-export tagname=CC
+export tagname=CC DEBUG=-DNDEBUG
 %configure \
         --enable-readline=yes	\
 	--enable-blkid=yes
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export tagname=CC
 sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
 sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
 
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+make V=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %changelog
 * Mon Feb 01 2010 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> 3.1.1-2
 - Fix mkfs of target with nothing blkid can recognize (#561870)
-- Re-enable DEBUG per upstream decision
  
 * Mon Feb 01 2010 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> 3.1.1-1
 - New upstream release