diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 510bff97e..2f161fc07 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,19 +96,6 @@ endif()
 
 set(AUTO_DEPENDENCIES_DEFAULT OFF)
 
-if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug" OR DEV)
-  set(AUTO_IPO OFF)
-elseif(MSVC)
-  # For some reason on MSVC platform the client and server binaries
-  # become even bigger with IPO enabled.
-  set(AUTO_IPO OFF)
-elseif(MINGW AND TARGET_CPU_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
-  # DWARF error: could not find variable specification and further failures
-  set(AUTO_IPO OFF)
-else()
-  set(AUTO_IPO ON)
-endif()
-
 set(AUTO_VULKAN_BACKEND ON)
 if(TARGET_OS STREQUAL "windows")
   set(AUTO_DEPENDENCIES_DEFAULT ON)
@@ -140,7 +127,7 @@ option(DEV "Don't generate stuff necessary for packaging" OFF)
 option(VULKAN "Enable the vulkan backend" ${AUTO_VULKAN_BACKEND})
 
 option(EXCEPTION_HANDLING "Enable exception handling (only works with Windows as of now)" OFF)
-option(IPO "Enable interprocedural optimizations" ${AUTO_IPO})
+option(IPO "Enable interprocedural optimizations" OFF)
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Emscripten")
   include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/toolchains/Emscripten.toolchain)