--- a/make/gluegen-cpptasks-base.xml
+++ b/make/gluegen-cpptasks-base.xml
@@ -1779,17 +1779,6 @@
        - Helper strip.libraries for stripping off debug information
       -->
     <target name="gluegen.cpptasks.striplibs" depends="gluegen.cpptasks.initialize" if="c.strip.libraries">
-      <echo message="Strip symbols from libs in ${libdir}" />
-      <apply dir="${libdir}" executable="${c.strip.tool}" parallel="false" 
-             failonerror="true">
-        <arg line="${c.strip.args}"/>
-        <fileset dir="${libdir}">
-          <include name="**/*.so"/>     <!-- unix    -->
-          <include name="**/*.dll"/>    <!-- windows -->
-          <include name="**/*.dylib"/>  <!-- macosx  -->
-          <include name="**/*.jnilib"/> <!-- macosx  -->
-        </fileset>
-      </apply>
     </target>
 
     <!-- ================================================================== -->
