diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c3848e..6828322 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ cmake_pop_check_state()
 # https://valgrind.org/docs/manual/manual-core-adv.html#manual-core-adv.clientreq
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/valgrind)
 
-if(APPLE)
-  add_link_options(-Wl,-dead_strip)
-else()
-  add_link_options(-Wl,--gc-sections)
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Release)
+  if(APPLE)
+    add_link_options(-Wl,-dead_strip)
+  else()
+    add_link_options(-Wl,--gc-sections)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
diff --git a/VersionedMap.cpp b/VersionedMap.cpp
index 1e3bfd8..8589c3c 100644
--- a/VersionedMap.cpp
+++ b/VersionedMap.cpp
@@ -951,7 +951,13 @@ struct __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) VersionedMap::Impl {
   void firstGeq(const Key *key, const int64_t *version, Iterator *iterator,
                 int count) const;
 
-  Random random = seededRandom();
+  Random random =
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+      {};
+#else
+      seededRandom();
+#endif
+
   MemManager mm;
   RootSet roots;
   // Only meaningful within the callstack of `addMutations`
@@ -1325,13 +1331,13 @@ int64_t VersionedMap::getBytes() const { return impl->getBytes(); }
 
 // GCOVR_EXCL_START
 
-inline void VersionedMap::Impl::printInOrder(int64_t version) {
+void VersionedMap::Impl::printInOrder(int64_t version) {
   printInOrderHelper(version,
                      roots.getThreadSafeHandle().rootForVersion(version), 0);
 }
 
-inline void VersionedMap::Impl::printInOrderHelper(int64_t version,
-                                                   uint32_t node, int depth) {
+void VersionedMap::Impl::printInOrderHelper(int64_t version, uint32_t node,
+                                            int depth) {
   if (node == 0) {
     return;
   }