--- utils/Makefile.in
+++ utils/Makefile.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 BUILD_CFLAGS-ldd.host := $(BUILD_CFLAGS-utils-common)
 
-BUILD_LDFLAGS-utils := -Wl,-s
+BUILD_LDFLAGS-utils :=
 
 utils_DIR := $(top_srcdir)utils
 utils_OUT := $(top_builddir)utils