diff --git a/rust-cargo-c.spec b/rust-cargo-c.spec
index 330dbd2..11e8502 100644
--- a/rust-cargo-c.spec
+++ b/rust-cargo-c.spec
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # work around RUSTFLAGS no longer being set in .cargo/config with rust2rpm 21
 # https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust2rpm/issue/181
 %global __cargo %(echo %__cargo | sed "s/debuginfo=2/debuginfo=1/")
+%global debug_package %{nil}
 
 %global crate cargo-c
 %global upstream_version 0.9.7+cargo-0.59