diff --git a/TARGETS b/TARGETS
index 681ea1cbc..246c2efee 100644
--- a/TARGETS
+++ b/TARGETS
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sanitizer = read_config("fbcode", "sanitizer")
 
 # Let RocksDB aware of jemalloc existence.
 # Do not enable it if sanitizer presents.
-if default_allocator.startswith("jemalloc") and sanitizer == "":
+if is_opt_mode and default_allocator.startswith("jemalloc") and sanitizer == "":
     rocksdb_compiler_flags.append("-DROCKSDB_JEMALLOC")
     rocksdb_external_deps.append(("jemalloc", None, "headers"))
 
@@ -990,6 +990,11 @@ ROCKS_TESTS = [
         "tools/sst_dump_test.cc",
         "serial",
     ],
+    [
+        "sst_file_reader_test",
+        "table/sst_file_reader_test.cc",
+        "serial",
+    ],
     [
         "statistics_test",
         "monitoring/statistics_test.cc",
@@ -1100,11 +1105,6 @@ ROCKS_TESTS = [
         "utilities/transactions/write_unprepared_transaction_test.cc",
         "parallel",
     ],
-    [
-        "sst_file_reader_test",
-        "table/sst_file_reader_test.cc",
-        "serial",
-    ],
 ]
 
 # Generate a test rule for each entry in ROCKS_TESTS
diff --git a/buckifier/targets_cfg.py b/buckifier/targets_cfg.py
index 80359f770..5378f697a 100644
--- a/buckifier/targets_cfg.py
+++ b/buckifier/targets_cfg.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ sanitizer = read_config("fbcode", "sanitizer")
 
 # Let RocksDB aware of jemalloc existence.
 # Do not enable it if sanitizer presents.
-if default_allocator.startswith("jemalloc") and sanitizer == "":
+if is_opt_mode and default_allocator.startswith("jemalloc") and sanitizer == "":
     rocksdb_compiler_flags.append("-DROCKSDB_JEMALLOC")
     rocksdb_external_deps.append(("jemalloc", None, "headers"))
 """