diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 26cfe9e..aa983ba 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,10 +163,6 @@ if (CONFIG_LV2)
   target_link_directories (${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2 PRIVATE ${LV2_LIBRARY_DIRS})
   target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2 PRIVATE ${LV2_LIBRARIES})
   if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG)
-      add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2  POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND strip lib${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2.so)
-    endif ()
     if (CONFIG_PREFIX MATCHES $ENV{HOME})
       set (CONFIG_LV2DIR ${CONFIG_PREFIX}/.lv2)
     else ()
@@ -182,10 +178,6 @@ if (CONFIG_LV2)
   endif ()
   if (WIN32)
     target_link_options (${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2 PRIVATE -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
-    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG)
-      add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2  POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND strip lib${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2.dll)
-    endif ()
     set (CONFIG_LV2DIR ${CONFIG_WINDOWS_LV2_PATH})
     install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2.dll
       RENAME ${PROJECT_NAME}.dll
@@ -212,10 +204,6 @@ if (CONFIG_JACK)
     target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME}_jack PRIVATE PkgConfig::LIBLO)
   endif ()
   if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG)
-      add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}_jack POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND strip ${PROJECT_NAME}_jack)
-    endif ()
     install (TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}_jack RUNTIME
       DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
     install (FILES ${PROJECT_NAME}.desktop
diff --git a/src/src_jack.pro b/src/src_jack.pro
index bbfe01d..6c6f298 100644
--- a/src/src_jack.pro
+++ b/src/src_jack.pro
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ unix {
 	mimetypes_scalable.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes
 	mimetypes_scalable.files += mimetypes/application-x-$${NAME}-preset.svg
 
-	CONFIG(release, debug|release):QMAKE_POST_LINK += strip $(TARGET)
 }
 
 QT += widgets xml
diff --git a/src/src_lv2.pro b/src/src_lv2.pro
index 0b2063f..83e7c7b 100644
--- a/src/src_lv2.pro
+++ b/src/src_lv2.pro
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ unix {
 		$${TARGET_LV2UI}.ttl \
 		$${NAME}.lv2/manifest.ttl
 
-	CONFIG(release, debug|release):QMAKE_POST_LINK += strip $(TARGET);
 	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $${QMAKE_COPY} -vp $(TARGET) $${TARGET_LV2}.so
 
 	QMAKE_CLEAN += $${TARGET_LV2}.so