diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8eaf3dc1e..5ddba5cb8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1138,15 +1138,7 @@ if (USE_BACKWARD)
   list(APPEND USED_SOURCES src/backtrace.cpp)
   if (WIN32)
     if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
-      include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
-      check_cxx_compiler_flag(-gcodeview GCC_CODEVIEW)
-      if (GCC_CODEVIEW OR FORCE_CODEVIEW)
-        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--pdb= ")
-        add_compile_options(-gcodeview)
-        message(STATUS "Enabling -gcodeview flag for backward-cpp.")
-      else()
-        message(WARNING "Could not enable -gcodeview! backward-cpp will not work.")
-      endif()
+      message(WARNING "Could not enable -gcodeview! backward-cpp will not work.")
       list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES dbghelp psapi)
     endif()
   endif()