diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index 2bbdc5d7175a43c67098c2a477c34a501cd52970..1ea5ae95da7b40f12b45bd7a0803b58296314104 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -181,23 +181,6 @@ FROM builder as staging
 # Garbage collect in environment
 RUN cd /opt/spack-environment && spack env activate . && spack gc -y
 
-# Strip all the binaries
-# This reduces the image by factor of x2, so worth the effort
-# note that we do not strip python libraries as it can cause issues in some cases
-RUN du -sh /opt/software/linux-*/gcc-*/* | sort -h                      \
- && find -L /opt/software/*                                             \
-         -type d -name site-packages -prune -false                      \
-         -o                                                             \
-         -type d -name lib-dynload -prune -false                        \
-         -o                                                             \
-         -type f                                                        \
-         -exec realpath '{}' \;                                         \
-      | xargs file -i                                                   \
-      | grep 'charset=binary'                                           \
-      | grep 'x-executable\|x-sharedlib'                                \
-      | awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs strip -s                           \
- && du -sh /opt/software/linux-*/gcc-*/* | sort -h
-
 ## Bugfix to address issues loading the Qt5 libraries on Linux kernels prior to 3.15
 ## See
 #https://askubuntu.com/questions/1034313/ubuntu-18-4-libqt5core-so-5-cannot-open-shared-object-file-no-such-file-or-dir