diff --git a/build/common.targets b/build/common.targets
index 230bef41..026b56df 100644
--- a/build/common.targets
+++ b/build/common.targets
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ repo. It imports the other MSBuild files as needed.
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     <AssemblySearchPaths>$(AssemblySearchPaths);{GAC}</AssemblySearchPaths>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);SMAPI_DEPRECATED</DefineConstants>
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
 
     <!--enable nullable annotations, except in .NET Standard 2.0 where they aren't supported-->
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 46d910a9..7526e655 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   * **Raised deprecation message levels.**  
     _Deprecation warnings are now player-visible in the SMAPI console as grayed-out `DEBUG` messages. They'll be raised to `WARN` level in SMAPI 3.17 next month, which will be the last major release before SMAPI 4.0._
   * Updated to Pintail 2.2.1 (see [changes](https://github.com/Nanoray-pl/Pintail/blob/master/docs/release-notes.md#221)).
+  * Switched SMAPI's `.pdb` file to the newer 'portable' format. This has no effect on mods.
 
 * For the web UI:
   * Added log parser warning about performance of PyTK 1.23.0 or earlier.