diff --git a/main/mosquitto/APKBUILD b/main/mosquitto/APKBUILD
index 177b787c8b2..27692d83318 100644
--- a/main/mosquitto/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/mosquitto/APKBUILD
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ fi
 #   1.4.12-r0:
 #     - CVE-2017-7650
 
-prepare() {
-	default_prepare
-
-	# don't strip
-	sed -i -e "s|(INSTALL) -s|(INSTALL)|g" \
-		-e 's|--strip-program=${CROSS_COMPILE}${STRIP}||' \
-		./*/Makefile ./*/*/Makefile
-}
-
 build() {
 	# PSK not supported by libressl
 	make \