diff --git a/sci-libs/lapack/lapack-3.8.0.recipe b/sci-libs/lapack/lapack-3.8.0.recipe
index 1b1a6bfb8..1ba951d6f 100644
--- a/sci-libs/lapack/lapack-3.8.0.recipe
+++ b/sci-libs/lapack/lapack-3.8.0.recipe
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	cd build
 	make install
-	strip $libDir/lib*
 
 	mkdir -p $includeDir
 	mv $prefix/include/* $includeDir/