diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-lc.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-lc.yml
index e590000ba6..4384116bb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-lc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-lc.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           make -j$(nproc) CC=gcc TARGET=linux-glibc \
             USE_OPENSSL_AWSLC=1 USE_QUIC=1 \
             SSL_LIB=${HOME}/opt/lib SSL_INC=${HOME}/opt/include \
-            DEBUG="-DDEBUG_STRICT -DDEBUG_MEMORY_POOLS -DDEBUG_POOL_INTEGRITY" \
+            DEBUG="-DDEBUG_POOL_INTEGRITY" \
             ADDLIB="-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib/ -Wl,-rpath,$HOME/opt/lib/"
           sudo make install
       - name: Show HAProxy version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compliance.yml b/.github/workflows/compliance.yml
index caf9624a8f..29af0a9e8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compliance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compliance.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           ERR=1 \
           TARGET=${{ matrix.TARGET }} \
           CC=${{ matrix.CC }} \
-          DEBUG="-DDEBUG_STRICT -DDEBUG_MEMORY_POOLS -DDEBUG_POOL_INTEGRITY" \
+          DEBUG="-DDEBUG_POOL_INTEGRITY" \
           USE_OPENSSL=1
         sudo make install
     - name: Show HAProxy version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vtest.yml b/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
index a704c92dc2..82963ae129 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vtest.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
           ERR=1 \
           TARGET=${{ matrix.TARGET }} \
           CC=${{ matrix.CC }} \
-          DEBUG="-DDEBUG_STRICT -DDEBUG_MEMORY_POOLS -DDEBUG_POOL_INTEGRITY" \
+          DEBUG="-DDEBUG_POOL_INTEGRITY" \
           ${{ join(matrix.FLAGS, ' ') }} \
           ADDLIB="-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib/ -Wl,-rpath,$HOME/opt/lib/"
         sudo make install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index b020d7c833..29ad16fca1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           ERR=1 \
           TARGET=${{ matrix.TARGET }} \
           CC=${{ matrix.CC }} \
-          DEBUG="-DDEBUG_STRICT -DDEBUG_MEMORY_POOLS -DDEBUG_POOL_INTEGRITY" \
+          DEBUG="-DDEBUG_POOL_INTEGRITY" \
           ${{ join(matrix.FLAGS, ' ') }}
     - name: Show HAProxy version
       id: show-version