diff --git a/packaging/linux/appimage/build-krita.sh b/packaging/linux/appimage/build-krita.sh
index 84288455e0..f94c56db23 100755
--- a/packaging/linux/appimage/build-krita.sh
+++ b/packaging/linux/appimage/build-krita.sh
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Halt on errors and be verbose about what we are doing
 set -e
 set -x
 
 # Read in our parameters
 export BUILD_PREFIX=$1
 export KRITA_SOURCES=$2
 
 # qjsonparser, used to add metadata to the plugins needs to work in a en_US.UTF-8 environment. 
 # That's not always the case, so make sure it is
 export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 export LANG=en_us.UTF-8
 
 # We want to use $prefix/deps/usr/ for all our dependencies
 export DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX=$BUILD_PREFIX/deps/usr/
 export DOWNLOADS_DIR=$BUILD_PREFIX/downloads/
 
 # Setup variables needed to help everything find what we build
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export PATH=$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/share/pkgconfig:$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX:$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
 export PYTHONPATH=$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/sip:$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/python3.5/site-packages:$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/python3.5
 export PYTHONHOME=$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX
 
 # Make sure our build directory exists
 if [ ! -d $BUILD_PREFIX/krita-build/ ] ; then
     mkdir -p $BUILD_PREFIX/krita-build/
 fi
 
 # Now switch to it
 cd $BUILD_PREFIX/krita-build/
 
 # Determine how many CPUs we have
 CPU_COUNT=`grep processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l`
 
 # Configure Krita
 cmake $KRITA_SOURCES \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$BUILD_PREFIX/krita.appdir/usr \
     -DDEFINE_NO_DEPRECATED=1 \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DFOUNDATION_BUILD=1 \
-    -DHIDE_SAFE_ASSERTS=ON \
+    -DHIDE_SAFE_ASSERTS=OFF \
     -DBUILD_TESTING=FALSE \
     -DPYQT_SIP_DIR_OVERRIDE=$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/share/sip/ \
     -DHAVE_MEMORY_LEAK_TRACKER=FALSE
     
 # Build and Install Krita (ready for the next phase)
 make -j$CPU_COUNT install