diff --git a/cmake/profiles/debug.cmake b/cmake/profiles/debug.cmake
index f75335b219..9b59f38a75 100644
--- a/cmake/profiles/debug.cmake
+++ b/cmake/profiles/debug.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ if(MBED_TOOLCHAIN STREQUAL "GCC_ARM")
     list(APPEND c_compile_options
         "-c"
         "-std=gnu11"
-        "-g3"
         "-Og"
     )
     target_compile_options(mbed-os
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ if(MBED_TOOLCHAIN STREQUAL "GCC_ARM")
 
     list(APPEND cxx_compile_options
         "-c"
-        "-g3"
         "-std=gnu++14"
         "-fno-rtti"
         "-Wvla"
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ if(MBED_TOOLCHAIN STREQUAL "GCC_ARM")
 
     list(APPEND asm_compile_options
         "-c"
-        "-g3"
         "-x" "assembler-with-cpp"
     )
     target_compile_options(mbed-os
diff --git a/cmake/toolchains/GCC_ARM.cmake b/cmake/toolchains/GCC_ARM.cmake
index 82ef6e7e7a..48fbc6bbe8 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchains/GCC_ARM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchains/GCC_ARM.cmake
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ list(APPEND common_options
     "-funsigned-char"
     "-MMD"
     "-fomit-frame-pointer"
-    "-g"
+    "-g3"
 )
 
 target_compile_options(mbed-os