diff --git a/packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml b/packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml
index f9cee58d6..840abbc53 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml
+++ b/packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ finish-args:
   # this the font list holds none of the activated families, while native apps see them.
   - --filesystem=~/.fonts:ro
   # Deliberately not granted: home/host filesystem access beyond the read-only folders above.
+# The release runner's flatpak-builder has no eu-strip (elfutils), which its debuginfo pass runs
+# on cups-client's unstripped tools, in whichever module comes first after they're installed. The
+# app's own binaries come from the release tarball, already stripped.
+build-options:
+  no-debuginfo: true
 modules:
   # CUPS client tools for craft-print: the runtime has libcups but not lpstat/lp/lpoptions.
   # Linked statically against this release's libcups, so a runtime update can't break them;