diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e78c0fa..cbf9dc6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CC?=gcc
 
 CFLAGS_DEV=-DJB_PRESET_DEBUG -ggdb -fsanitize=address -Og
-CFLAGS_RELEASE=-O3 -march=native -mtune=native -fgraphite-identity -flto
+CFLAGS_RELEASE=-O2 -ggdb
 
 CFLAGS+=-pipe -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic -std=c99
 
diff --git a/wire.c b/wire.c
index 98a29b0..e8b8640 100644
--- a/wire.c
+++ b/wire.c
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ char *wire_get_string_impl(wire_context_t *c, bool as_signature)
     }
 
     char *str = (char *)&c->data[c->byte_cursor];
-    if (strlen(str) != len) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
     c->byte_cursor = new_cursor;