diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d401d95a44..6022d87476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -454,17 +454,17 @@ jobs:
             distro: Ubuntu
             release: noble
             image: openrct2/openrct2-build:23-noble
-            build_flags: -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=on -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g -gz -fno-var-tracking-assignments"
+            build_flags: -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=on -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g1 -gz -fno-var-tracking-assignments"
           - platform: x86_64
             distro: Debian
             release: bookworm
             image: openrct2/openrct2-build:23-bookworm
-            build_flags: -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=on -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g -gz -fno-var-tracking-assignments" -DWITH_TESTS=off
+            build_flags: -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=on -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g1 -gz -fno-var-tracking-assignments" -DWITH_TESTS=off
           - platform: x86_64
             distro: Debian
             release: trixie
             image: openrct2/openrct2-build:23-trixie
-            build_flags: -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=on -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g -gz -fno-var-tracking-assignments" -DWITH_TESTS=off
+            build_flags: -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=on -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g1 -gz -fno-var-tracking-assignments" -DWITH_TESTS=off
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -478,8 +478,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ammaraskar/gcc-problem-matcher@master
       - name: Build OpenRCT2
         run: |
-          . scripts/setenv -q && build -DWITH_TESTS=on -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPORTABLE=ON ${{ matrix.build_flags }}
-          strip bin/install/usr/bin/libopenrct2.so
+          . scripts/setenv -q && build -DWITH_TESTS=on -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-g1 -gz -fno-var-tracking-assignments" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPORTABLE=ON ${{ matrix.build_flags }}
       - name: Build artifacts
         run: . scripts/setenv -q && build-portable artifacts/OpenRCT2-${{ needs.build_variables.outputs.name }}-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.release }}-${{ matrix.platform }}.tar.gz bin/install/usr
       - name: Upload artifacts (CI)
@@ -507,10 +506,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build OpenRCT2
         run: |
           . scripts/setenv -q && build -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-20 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DAPPIMAGE=ON -DOPENRCT2_USE_CCACHE=on
-          strip bin/install/usr/bin/openrct2
       - name: Build AppImage
         env:
           APPIMAGE_FILE_NAME: OpenRCT2-${{ needs.build_variables.outputs.name }}-linux-x86_64.AppImage
+          NO_STRIP: true # https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/blob/d2557d616749c325a61058049e41a2d35ffce924/src/core/appdir.cpp#L248
         run: . scripts/setenv -q && build-appimage
       - name: Upload artifacts (CI)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4