--- a/make/hotspot/lib/CompileGtest.gmk	Thu Mar 08 22:17:57 2018 +0100
+++ b/make/hotspot/lib/CompileGtest.gmk	Fri Mar 09 00:28:50 2018 +0100
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     CFLAGS_solaris := -DGTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0 -library=stlport4, \
     CFLAGS_macosx := -DGTEST_OS_MAC=1, \
     CFLAGS_aix := -qpic=large, \
-    CFLAGS_DEBUG_SYMBOLS := $(JVM_CFLAGS_SYMBOLS), \
     DISABLED_WARNINGS_gcc := undef, \
     DISABLED_WARNINGS_clang := undef switch format-nonliteral \
         tautological-undefined-compare $(BUILD_LIBJVM_DISABLED_WARNINGS_clang), \
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@
     OBJECT_DIR := $(JVM_OUTPUTDIR)/gtest/launcher-objs, \
     CFLAGS := $(JVM_CFLAGS) -I$(GTEST_FRAMEWORK_SRC) \
         -I$(GTEST_FRAMEWORK_SRC)/include, \
-    CFLAGS_DEBUG_SYMBOLS := $(JVM_CFLAGS_SYMBOLS), \
     LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS_JDKEXE), \
     LDFLAGS_unix := -L$(JVM_OUTPUTDIR)/gtest $(call SET_SHARED_LIBRARY_ORIGIN), \
     LDFLAGS_solaris := -library=stlport4, \