diff --git a/packages/compress/unrar/build b/packages/compress/unrar/build
index ad4abd75fb..448e3bdd34 100755
--- a/packages/compress/unrar/build
+++ b/packages/compress/unrar/build
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-# fails to build with GOLD linker
-  strip_gold
-
 cd $BUILD/$1
 make CC=$TARGET_CC \
      RANLIB=$TARGET_RANLIB \