diff --git a/src/agent/Makefile b/src/agent/Makefile
index 8078bb9df3..bd647d448e 100644
--- a/src/agent/Makefile
+++ b/src/agent/Makefile
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ $(GENERATED_FILES): %: %.in
 
 ##TARGET optimize: optimized  build
 optimize: $(SOURCES) | show-summary show-header
-	@RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-s $(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS) --deny-warnings" cargo build --target $(TRIPLE) --$(BUILD_TYPE) $(EXTRA_RUSTFEATURES)
+	@RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-s $(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS) --deny warnings" cargo build --target $(TRIPLE) --$(BUILD_TYPE) $(EXTRA_RUSTFEATURES)
 
 ##TARGET clippy: run clippy linter
 clippy: $(GENERATED_CODE)