diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 1593c5d..f48794816 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@
 HOSTLD  ?= ld
 HOSTAR  ?= ar
 CLANG   ?= clang
-LLVM_STRIP ?= llvm-strip
 
 PKG_CONFIG = $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
 
@@ -1083,7 +1082,7 @@
 
 $(SKEL_TMP_OUT)/%.bpf.o: util/bpf_skel/%.bpf.c $(LIBBPF) | $(SKEL_TMP_OUT)
 	$(QUIET_CLANG)$(CLANG) -g -O2 -target bpf -Wall -Werror $(BPF_INCLUDE) $(TOOLS_UAPI_INCLUDE) \
-	  -c $(filter util/bpf_skel/%.bpf.c,$^) -o $@ && $(LLVM_STRIP) -g $@
+	  -c $(filter util/bpf_skel/%.bpf.c,$^) -o $@
 
 $(SKEL_OUT)/%.skel.h: $(SKEL_TMP_OUT)/%.bpf.o | $(BPFTOOL)
 	$(QUIET_GENSKEL)$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< > $@