diff --git a/ports/unix/Makefile b/ports/unix/Makefile
index a9ba5edfad..090b58d8ec 100644
--- a/ports/unix/Makefile
+++ b/ports/unix/Makefile
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ ifdef DEBUG
 COPT ?= -O0
 else
 COPT ?= -Os
-COPT += -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
 COPT += -DNDEBUG
 endif
 
+# Remove unused sections.
+COPT += -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
+
 # Always enable symbols -- They're occasionally useful, and don't make it into the
 # final .bin/.hex/.dfu so the extra size doesn't matter.
 CFLAGS += -g