--- a/src/settings.cmake
+++ b/src/settings.cmake
@@ -69,55 +69,10 @@
     endif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
 endif ()
 
-function(strip_symbols targetName outputFilename)
-    if(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_UNIX)
-        if(STRIP_SYMBOLS)
-
-            # On the older version of cmake (2.8.12) used on Ubuntu 14.04 the TARGET_FILE
-            # generator expression doesn't work correctly returning the wrong path and on
-            # the newer cmake versions the LOCATION property isn't supported anymore.
-            if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.0 OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.0)
-                set(strip_source_file $<TARGET_FILE:${targetName}>)
-            else()
-                get_property(strip_source_file TARGET ${targetName} PROPERTY LOCATION)
-            endif()
-
-            if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
-                set(strip_destination_file ${strip_source_file}.dwarf)
-
-                add_custom_command(
-                    TARGET ${targetName}
-                    POST_BUILD
-                    VERBATIM 
-                    COMMAND ${DSYMUTIL} --flat --minimize ${strip_source_file}
-                    COMMAND ${STRIP} -u -r ${strip_source_file}
-                    COMMENT Stripping symbols from ${strip_source_file} into file ${strip_destination_file}
-                )
-            else(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
-                set(strip_destination_file ${strip_source_file}.dbg)
-
-                add_custom_command(
-                    TARGET ${targetName}
-                    POST_BUILD
-                    VERBATIM 
-                    COMMAND ${OBJCOPY} --only-keep-debug ${strip_source_file} ${strip_destination_file}
-                    COMMAND ${OBJCOPY} --strip-unneeded ${strip_source_file}
-                    COMMAND ${OBJCOPY} --add-gnu-debuglink=${strip_destination_file} ${strip_source_file}
-                    COMMENT Stripping symbols from ${strip_source_file} into file ${strip_destination_file}
-                )
-            endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
-
-            set(${outputFilename} ${strip_destination_file} PARENT_SCOPE)
-        endif(STRIP_SYMBOLS)
-    endif(CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_UNIX)
-endfunction()
-
 function(install_symbols targetName destination_path)
     if(WIN32)
         install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/${targetName}.pdb DESTINATION ${destination_path})
     else()
-        strip_symbols(${targetName} strip_destination_file)
-        install(FILES ${strip_destination_file} DESTINATION ${destination_path})
     endif()
 endfunction()