diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 5e49600ff..fdf243eb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Code checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Install musl-gcc
-        run: sudo apt install -y musl-tools      
+        run: sudo apt install -y musl-tools
       - name: Create release directory
         run: rsync -rv --exclude=.git . ../cloud-hypervisor-${{ github.event.ref }}
       - name: Install Rust toolchain (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ jobs:
             toolchain: "1.62"
             command: build
             args: --all --release --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 ffd5efa64..854c70a77 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"