diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c4dab9e42..a080c3638 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ jobs:
             toolchain: "1.62"
             command: build
             args: --all --release --no-default-features --features "kvm,mshv" --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-      - name: Strip cloud-hypervisor binaries
-        run: strip target/*/release/cloud-hypervisor
       - name: Install Rust toolchain (aarch64-unknown-linux-musl)
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e5eb7780..e4a21abd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ rust-version = "1.60"
 lto = true
 codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = "s"
+strip = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.66"