diff --git a/VisionCamera.podspec b/VisionCamera.podspec
index cbdf58e849..1773f3b188 100644
--- a/VisionCamera.podspec
+++ b/VisionCamera.podspec
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.pod_target_xcconfig = {
     "USE_HEADERMAP" => "YES",
-    "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/ReactCommon\" \"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/RCT-Folly\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost-for-react-native\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/React-Core\" "
+    "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/ReactCommon\" \"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/RCT-Folly\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost-for-react-native\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/React-Core\" ",
+    "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS[config=Release]" => "$(inherited) NDEBUG=1"
   }
   s.compiler_flags = folly_compiler_flags + ' ' + boost_compiler_flags
   s.xcconfig = {