diff -ruN cups-1.5.3/debian/rules cups-1.5.3.new/debian/rules
--- cups-1.5.3/debian/rules	2012-04-04 17:09:23.000000000 -0700
+++ cups-1.5.3.new/debian/rules	2013-02-19 04:48:15.350136243 -0800
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@
 else
 DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET := check
 endif
+ifeq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) 
 DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL=4
 export DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL
+endif
 
 post-patches::
 	set -e; if dpkg-vendor --is ubuntu && ! [ -e debian/patches/ubuntu/stamp-applied ]; then \