2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7d66f72d8..af71a9cce 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ matrix:
           script:
               - rustup component add rustfmt
               - rustup component add rust-src
-              - sed -i "s/debug = 1/debug = false/g" Cargo.toml
               - cargo test --no-run  # let's measure compile time separately
               - cargo test
           env:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 97c02b40f..5c57020f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 members = [ "crates/*", "xtask/" ]
 
 [profile.dev]
-debug = 1 # only line info
+# disabling debug info speeds up builds a bunch,
+# and we don't rely on it for debugging that much.
+debug = 0
 
 [profile.release]
 incremental = true