diff --git a/src/MEGAShellExtNautilus/MEGAShellExtNautilus.pro b/src/MEGAShellExtNautilus/MEGAShellExtNautilus.pro
index 06cbb08cd..7ca767132 100644
--- a/src/MEGAShellExtNautilus/MEGAShellExtNautilus.pro
+++ b/src/MEGAShellExtNautilus/MEGAShellExtNautilus.pro
@@ -52,5 +52,4 @@ INSTALLS += emblems32  emblems64
 !contains(DEFINES, no_desktop) {
     update_cache.commands = gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t $${HICOLOR} || true
     update_cache.path = $${HICOLOR}
-    INSTALLS += update_cache
 }
diff --git a/src/MEGAShellExtNemo/MEGAShellExtNemo.pro b/src/MEGAShellExtNemo/MEGAShellExtNemo.pro
index 33668b4ee..061e0d445 100644
--- a/src/MEGAShellExtNemo/MEGAShellExtNemo.pro
+++ b/src/MEGAShellExtNemo/MEGAShellExtNemo.pro
@@ -43,5 +43,4 @@ INSTALLS += emblems32  emblems64
 !contains(DEFINES, no_desktop) {
     update_cache.commands = gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t $${HICOLOR} || true
     update_cache.path = $$PWD
-    INSTALLS += update_cache
 }
diff --git a/src/MEGASync/google_breakpad/google_breakpad.pri b/src/MEGASync/google_breakpad/google_breakpad.pri
index 122268aba..cd141a5f9 100644
--- a/src/MEGASync/google_breakpad/google_breakpad.pri
+++ b/src/MEGASync/google_breakpad/google_breakpad.pri
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ unix:!macx {
   SOURCES += $$PWD/common/linux/elfutils.cc
   SOURCES += $$PWD/common/string_conversion.cc
   SOURCES += $$PWD/common/convert_UTF.c
-
-  QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-g
 }
 
 win32 {
diff --git a/src/MEGASync/platform/platform.pri b/src/MEGASync/platform/platform.pri
index 99f4dbd4f..ef5553508 100644
--- a/src/MEGASync/platform/platform.pri
+++ b/src/MEGASync/platform/platform.pri
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ unix:!macx {
         # desktop
         desktop.path = $$DESKTOP_DESTDIR/share/applications
         desktop.files = $$PWD/linux/data/megasync.desktop
-        desktop.commands = update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || true
         INSTALLS += desktop
 
         HICOLOR = $$DESKTOP_DESTDIR/share/icons/hicolor