diff --git a/variants/portduino/platformio.ini b/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
index 016ef61b..c95ae37f 100644
--- a/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/portduino/platformio.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [env:native]
 platform = https://github.com/meshtastic/platform-native.git 
-build_flags = ${portduino_base.build_flags} -O0 -I variants/portduino -E
+build_flags = ${portduino_base.build_flags} -O0 -I variants/portduino
 framework = arduino
 board = cross_platform
 lib_deps = ${portduino_base.lib_deps}