diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ri/ricochet-refresh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ri/ricochet-refresh/package.nix
index 8bbc781bb4f5..99ebaff5a1cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ri/ricochet-refresh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ri/ricochet-refresh/package.nix
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  cmakeBuildType = "MinSizeRel";
+
   # https://github.com/blueprint-freespeech/ricochet-refresh/blob/main/BUILDING.md
   cmakeFlags = [
-    (lib.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE" "MinSizeRel")
     (lib.cmakeBool "RICOCHET_REFRESH_INSTALL_DESKTOP" true)
     (lib.cmakeBool "USE_SUBMODULE_FMT" true)
   ];