diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
index 4302ecb83af..d0319097d72 100644
--- a/Manual.md
+++ b/Manual.md
@@ -449,10 +449,6 @@ Example `skip_extraction="foo-${version}.tar.gz"`.
 
 - `nodebug` If enabled -dbg packages won't be generated even if `XBPS_DEBUG_PKGS` is set.
 
-- `force_debug_pkgs` If enabled binary packages with debugging symbols will be generated
-even if `XBPS_DEBUG_PKGS` is disabled in `void-packages/etc/conf` or in the
-`command line arguments`.
-
 - `conf_files` A list of configuration files the binary package owns; this expects full
 paths, and multiple entries can be separated by blanks, i.e:
 `conf_files="/etc/foo.conf /etc/foo2.conf"`.
diff --git a/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh b/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
index c0fecdbc284..9072e8ee70a 100644
--- a/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
+++ b/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ unset -v CC CXX CPP GCC LD AR AS RANLIB NM OBJDUMP OBJCOPY STRIP READELF
 unset -v skip_extraction
 
 # hooks/post-install/03-strip-and-debug-pkgs
-unset -v nodebug force_debug_pkgs
+unset -v nodebug
 
 ## FUNCTIONS
 unset -f pre_fetch do_fetch post_fetch
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
index c6898912dbf..bdd9f8ae57b 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
@@ -362,10 +362,6 @@ setup_pkg() {
     if [ -z "$XBPS_DEBUG_PKGS" -o "$repository" = "nonfree" ]; then
         nodebug=yes
     fi
-    # If a package sets force_debug_pkgs, always build -dbg pkgs.
-    if [ -n "$force_debug_pkgs" ]; then
-        unset nodebug
-    fi
     # -g is required to build -dbg packages.
     if [ -z "$nodebug" ]; then
         dbgflags="-g"