diff --git a/racket/src/configure b/racket/src/configure
index 1cc0f8c10f..f3df693cea 100755
--- a/racket/src/configure
+++ b/racket/src/configure
@@ -4435,7 +4435,8 @@ else
   STRIP="$ac_cv_prog_STRIP"
 fi
 
-  STRIP_DEBUG="$STRIP -S"
+  # Used to add -S flag, but not all `strip' variants support it:
+  STRIP_DEBUG="$STRIP"
 fi
 
 ############## C flags ################
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/configure.ac b/racket/src/racket/configure.ac
index 46d2f8d36d..f60be97b81 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/configure.ac
+++ b/racket/src/racket/configure.ac
@@ -831,7 +831,8 @@ fi
 
 if test "${enable_strip}" = "yes" ; then
   AC_CHECK_TOOL([STRIP], [strip])
-  STRIP_DEBUG="$STRIP -S"
+  # Used to add -S flag, but not all `strip' variants support it:
+  STRIP_DEBUG="$STRIP"
 fi
 
 ############## C flags ################