diff --git a/utils/build-presets.ini b/utils/build-presets.ini
index 5661b764cec5d..c22a64e411e05 100644
--- a/utils/build-presets.ini
+++ b/utils/build-presets.ini
@@ -1944,7 +1944,9 @@ mixin-preset=mixin_swiftpm_linux_platform
 
 # Build Release without debug info, because it is faster to build.
 release
+# work around https://github.com/swiftlang/swift/issues/81144
 assertions
+no-swift-stdlib-assertions
 
 # Downstream projects that import llbuild+SwiftPM.
 sourcekit-lsp
@@ -1956,6 +1958,7 @@ skip-test-toolchain-benchmarks
 
 skip-test-llbuild
 
+
 #===------------------------------------------------------------------------===#
 # Test llbuild on macOS builder
 #===------------------------------------------------------------------------===#