diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-compile-csc/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-compile-csc/Program.cs
index 6d84fe0ce..500eceae0 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-compile-csc/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-compile-csc/Program.cs
@@ -128,13 +128,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Compiler.Csc
             var args = new List<string>()
             {
                 "-nostdlib",
-                "-nologo"
+                "-nologo",
+                "-debug:portable"
             };
 
-            args.Add(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
-                ? "-debug:full"
-                : "-debug:portable");
-
             return args;
         }