diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 9e82359865bf..cf95a5edfadf 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ rec {
   /* Modify a stdenv so that it uses the Gold linker. */
   useGoldLinker = stdenv: stdenv //
     { mkDerivation = args: stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
-        dontStrip = true;
         NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = toString (args.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE or "") + " -fuse-ld=gold";
       });
     };