diff --git a/extra/kconfigwidgets/PKGBUILD b/extra/kconfigwidgets/PKGBUILD
index 1788e37f7..cf4dd9474 100644
--- a/extra/kconfigwidgets/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/kconfigwidgets/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #  - drop clang makedepend, FTBFS on AArch64
 
 pkgname=kconfigwidgets
-pkgver=5.43.0
+pkgver=5.44.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Widgets for KConfig'
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ makedepends=('extra-cmake-modules' 'kdoctools' 'python' 'mesa' 'python-pyqt5' 'p
 optdepends=('python-pykf5: to use the Python 3 bindings' 'python2-pykf5: to use the Python 2 bindings')
 groups=('kf5')
 source=("https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/${pkgver%.*}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz"{,.sig})
-sha256sums=('7c9016f2c98452d912359def78185f4bf3c6f8c45833fe0e321278124c45bbe3'
+sha256sums=('3f8be4b3d9ae39ed9de01e3ac062d6c4852d90d05785c45f30408113159a4795'
             'SKIP')
 validpgpkeys=(53E6B47B45CEA3E0D5B7457758D0EE648A48B3BB) # David Faure <faure@kde.org>
 
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd build
   cmake ../${pkgname}-${pkgver} \
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
     -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \