diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
index cb4571265af7..33c8e5076daa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
@@ -214,10 +214,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) {
   preInstall = null; # clobber the native hook
 
-  dontStrip = true;
-
-  separateDebugInfo = false; # this is currently broken for crossDrv
-
   # To avoid a dependency on the build system 'bash'.
   preFixup = ''
     rm -f $bin/bin/{ldd,tzselect,catchsegv,xtrace}