--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2019-06-09 21:18:38.000000000 +0200
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2019-09-15 23:53:19.496802424 +0200
@@ -5,19 +5,6 @@
 CMAKE_POLICY(SET CMP0053 NEW)
 PROJECT("Luminance HDR")
 
-string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} LOWERCASE_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-if(LOWERCASE_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "^(debug|release|relwithdebinfo|minsizerel)$")
-    message(STATUS "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid value for CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}\n"
-        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE should be one of:\nDebug, Release, RelWithDebInfo, MinSizeRel")
-endif()
-
-if(LOWERCASE_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "^(release|minsizerel)$")
-    message(STATUS "Adding definitions: -DQT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT")
-    add_definitions("-DQT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT")
-endif()
-
 # assume built-in pthreads on MacOS
 IF(APPLE)
     enable_language(CXX)