diff --git a/build/windows/gitlab-ci/3_bundle-gimp-uni_base.sh b/build/windows/gitlab-ci/3_bundle-gimp-uni_base.sh
index 97cf863b62..35bf8229b5 100644
--- a/build/windows/gitlab-ci/3_bundle-gimp-uni_base.sh
+++ b/build/windows/gitlab-ci/3_bundle-gimp-uni_base.sh
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ done
 
 ### .pdb (CodeView) debug symbols
 ### crossroad don't have LLVM/Clang backend yet
-if [ "$CI_JOB_NAME" != "gimp-win-x64-cross" ]; then
-  cp -fr ${GIMP_PREFIX}/bin/*.pdb ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/bin/
-fi
+#if [ "$CI_JOB_NAME" != "gimp-win-x64-cross" ]; then
+#  cp -fr ${GIMP_PREFIX}/bin/*.pdb ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/bin/
+#fi
 
 ## Optional executables, .DLLs and resources for GObject Introspection support
 if [[ ! "$CI_JOB_NAME" =~ "cross" ]]; then
diff --git a/build/windows/gitlab-ci/4_dist-gimp-winsdk.ps1 b/build/windows/gitlab-ci/4_dist-gimp-winsdk.ps1
index cd064302b3..f19699420f 100644
--- a/build/windows/gitlab-ci/4_dist-gimp-winsdk.ps1
+++ b/build/windows/gitlab-ci/4_dist-gimp-winsdk.ps1
@@ -165,20 +165,20 @@ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "_Output"
 $archsArray_limited = $archsArray -replace "gimp-", ""
 
 ## Make .appxsym for each arch
-if ($CI_COMMIT_TAG -or ($GIMP_CI_MS_STORE -eq 'MSIXUPLOAD'))
-  {
-    foreach ($arch in $archsArray_limited)
-      {
-        Get-ChildItem -Path "gimp-$arch" -Filter "*.pdb" -Recurse |
-        Compress-Archive -DestinationPath "_Output\${identity_name}_${gimp_version}.0_$arch.zip"
-        Get-ChildItem "_Output\*.zip" | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -replace '.zip','.appxsym' }
-      }
-  }
+#if ($CI_COMMIT_TAG -or ($GIMP_CI_MS_STORE -eq 'MSIXUPLOAD'))
+#  {
+#    foreach ($arch in $archsArray_limited)
+#      {
+#        Get-ChildItem -Path "gimp-$arch" -Filter "*.pdb" -Recurse |
+#        Compress-Archive -DestinationPath "_Output\${identity_name}_${gimp_version}.0_$arch.zip"
+#        Get-ChildItem "_Output\*.zip" | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -replace '.zip','.appxsym' }
+#      }
+#  }
 
 ## Make .msix for each arch (this is needed to make the .msixbundle too)
 foreach ($arch in $archsArray_limited)
   {
-    Get-ChildItem "gimp-$arch" -Include "*.pdb" -Recurse -Force | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force
+   #Get-ChildItem "gimp-$arch" -Include "*.pdb" -Recurse -Force | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force
     makeappx pack /d "gimp-$arch" /p "_TempOutput\${identity_name}_${gimp_version}.0_$arch.msix"
     Remove-Item "gimp-$arch" -Recurse
   }
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ if ($CI_COMMIT_TAG -or ($GIMP_CI_MS_STORE -eq 'MSIXUPLOAD'))
   {
     Compress-Archive -Path "_Output\*" "_Output\${identity_name}_${gimp_version}.0_x64_arm64_bundle.zip"
     Get-ChildItem "_Output\*.zip" | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -replace '.zip','.msixupload' }
-    Get-ChildItem "_Output\*.appxsym" | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force
+   #Get-ChildItem "_Output\*.appxsym" | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force
   }
 
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dccfbbd056..39a898ab96 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ if platform_windows and cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
 endif
 
 # Generate .pdb (CodeView) debug symbols (makes possible to debug with DIA SDK)
-pdb_support = cc.has_argument('-gcodeview') and cc.has_link_argument('-Wl,--pdb=')
-if platform_windows and pdb_support
-  compiler_args += '-gcodeview'
-  linker_args += '-Wl,--pdb='
-endif
+#pdb_support = cc.has_argument('-gcodeview') and cc.has_link_argument('-Wl,--pdb=')
+#if platform_windows and pdb_support
+#  compiler_args += '-gcodeview'
+#  linker_args += '-Wl,--pdb='
+#endif
 
 
 conf.set('HAVE__NL_MEASUREMENT_MEASUREMENT',
@@ -2020,10 +2020,10 @@ pkgconfig.generate(libgimpui,
 # Install native debug data (.pdb) on Windows
 # Ideally meson should take care of it automatically.
 # See: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/12977
-if platform_windows and pdb_support
-  install_win_debug_script = find_program('./meson_install_win_debug.sh')
-  meson.add_install_script(install_win_debug_script)
-endif
+#if platform_windows and pdb_support
+#  install_win_debug_script = find_program('./meson_install_win_debug.sh')
+#  meson.add_install_script(install_win_debug_script)
+#endif
 
 ################################################################################
 # Subdir installations