diff --git a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
index 2b3b8c5fe14995ed5af05bf62ca99a02c2326f5f..4888e53f3ea9e19c168595cd03dc40250c8a8825 100644
--- a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ FROM eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/eic_container/eic_builder:@TAG@ as build
 RUN cd /opt/spack-environment && spack env activate . && spack gc -y
 
 # Strip all the binaries
-RUN find -L /usr/local/* -type f -exec readlink -f '{}' \; | \
-    xargs file -i | \
-    grep 'charset=binary' | \
-    grep 'x-executable\|x-archive\|x-sharedlib' | \
-    awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs strip -s
+#RUN find -L /usr/local/* -type f -exec readlink -f '{}' \; | \
+    #xargs file -i | \
+    #grep 'charset=binary' | \
+    #grep 'x-executable\|x-archive\|x-sharedlib' | \
+    #awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs strip -s
 
 FROM eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/image_recipes/debian_minimal:testing-20201117
 LABEL maintainer="Sylvester Joosten <sjoosten@anl.gov>" \