diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index ba927379eb201..43bd826b08792 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)%.bpf.o: skeleton/%.bpf.c $(OUTPUT)vmlinux.h $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP)
 		-I$(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE) \
 		-g -O2 -Wall -fno-stack-protector \
 		--target=bpf -c $< -o $@
-	$(Q)$(LLVM_STRIP) -g $@
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.skel.h: $(OUTPUT)%.bpf.o $(BPFTOOL_BOOTSTRAP)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(BPFTOOL_BOOTSTRAP) gen skeleton $< > $@