diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
index 89eb350d2..a8d9c0d80 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,19 +105,6 @@ endif()
 
 target_compile_options(ggml-sycl PRIVATE "-Wno-narrowing")
 
-# Generate a PDB (debug symbols) for ggml-sycl.dll so cdb/WinDbg can resolve
-# source lines + frames inside ggml_backend_sycl_init (otherwise the UAF/crash
-# in this DLL shows only as a raw offset — no PDB, because icpx under a VS
-# generator doesn't emit one by default).  /Zi emits debug info during
-# compile; /DEBUG at link writes the .pdb beside the .dll.  Both are
-# config-agnostic so Release builds also carry symbols (the PDB is read by
-# cdb from the .dll's side; runtime perf is unaffected).  icpx on Windows
-# uses the MSVC codegen back-end, so these cdb-loadable PDBs carry line info.
-if (WIN32)
-    target_compile_options(ggml-sycl PRIVATE "/Zi")
-    target_link_options(ggml-sycl PRIVATE "/DEBUG")
-endif()
-
 message(STATUS "GGML_SYCL_SUPPORT_LEVEL_ZERO_API ${GGML_SYCL_SUPPORT_LEVEL_ZERO_API}")
 if (GGML_SYCL_SUPPORT_LEVEL_ZERO_API)
     # Link against Level Zero loader for direct device memory allocation.