diff --git a/general.make b/general.make
index a088e7815..0fecada17 100644
--- a/general.make
+++ b/general.make
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ cc-option = $(call try-run,\
 # Use GCC level 2 optimization by default
 # Might be overridden below
 ADDITIONAL_OBJCFLAGS=-O2
-ifeq ($(test-uninitialized),yes)
 ifeq ($(debug),yes)
 ADDITIONAL_OBJCFLAGS=-O0
 else
 ADDITIONAL_OBJCFLAGS=-Wuninitialized
 endif
-endif
 # Ensure we store in the ELF files minimal debugging
 # information plus the compiler flags used; that can
 # be afterwards read with: