diff --git a/Formula/ledger.rb b/Formula/ledger.rb
index 6d19600f8f..fdf4a5f218 100644
--- a/Formula/ledger.rb
+++ b/Formula/ledger.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ class Ledger < Formula
     sha256 "9e28e41459615b80d02f5fa9f2459b7a3f75bd0d4fc0cbb1031b1611fe84c52c" => :el_capitan
   end
 
-  option "with-debug", "Build with debugging symbols enabled"
   option "with-docs", "Build HTML documentation"
   option "without-python@2", "Build without python support"
 
-  deprecated_option "debug" => "with-debug"
   deprecated_option "without-python" => "without-python@2"
 
   depends_on "cmake" => :build
@@ -36,8 +34,6 @@ class Ledger < Formula
     inreplace "CMakeLists.txt", "set(BOOST_PYTHON python)",
                                 "set(BOOST_PYTHON python27)"
 
-    flavor = build.with?("debug") ? "debug" : "opt"
-
     args = %W[
       --jobs=#{ENV.make_jobs}
       --output=build
@@ -47,9 +43,9 @@ class Ledger < Formula
     args << "--python" if build.with? "python@2"
     args += %w[-- -DBUILD_DOCS=1]
     args << "-DBUILD_WEB_DOCS=1" if build.with? "docs"
-    system "./acprep", flavor, "make", *args
-    system "./acprep", flavor, "make", "doc", *args
-    system "./acprep", flavor, "make", "install", *args
+    system "./acprep", "opt", "make", *args
+    system "./acprep", "opt", "make", "doc", *args
+    system "./acprep", "opt", "make", "install", *args
 
     (pkgshare/"examples").install Dir["test/input/*.dat"]
     pkgshare.install "contrib"