diff --git a/app-text/antiword/patches/antiword-0.37.patch b/app-text/antiword/patches/antiword-0.37.patch
index 52efc88a0..2873294b8 100644
--- a/app-text/antiword/patches/antiword-0.37.patch
+++ b/app-text/antiword/patches/antiword-0.37.patch
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ diff -Naur antiword-0.37/Makefile.haiku antiword-0.37-haiku/Makefile.haiku
 +INSTALL_DATA	= $(INSTALL)
 +
 +# must be equal to DEBUG or NDEBUG
-+DB	= DEBUG
++DB	= NDEBUG
 +# Optimization: -O<n> or debugging: -g
 +OPT	= -O2
 +