diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b5ebdf37a9..67251ce124 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ usockets:
 	cd $(USOCKETS_DIR) && $(AR) rcvs $(BUN_DEPS_OUT_DIR)/libusockets.a $(USOCKETS_DIR)/*.{o,bc}
 
 uws: usockets
-	$(CXX) $(BITCODE_OR_SECTIONS) $(EMIT_LLVM_FOR_RELEASE) -fPIC -I$(BUN_DEPS_DIR)/uws/uSockets/src $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(UWS_CXX_FLAGS) $(UWS_LDFLAGS) $(PLATFORM_LINKER_FLAGS) -c -I$(BUN_DEPS_DIR) $(BUN_DEPS_OUT_DIR)/libusockets.a $(BUN_DEPS_DIR)/libuwsockets.cpp -o $(BUN_DEPS_OUT_DIR)/libuwsockets.o
+	$(CXX) $(BITCODE_OR_SECTIONS) $(OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL) -fPIC -I$(BUN_DEPS_DIR)/uws/uSockets/src $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(UWS_CXX_FLAGS) $(UWS_LDFLAGS) $(PLATFORM_LINKER_FLAGS) -c -I$(BUN_DEPS_DIR) $(BUN_DEPS_OUT_DIR)/libusockets.a $(BUN_DEPS_DIR)/libuwsockets.cpp -o $(BUN_DEPS_OUT_DIR)/libuwsockets.o
 
 .PHONY: sign-macos-x64
 sign-macos-x64: