diff --git a/package/tcl/tcl.mk b/package/tcl/tcl.mk
index 7c08ee6469..564d5bca80 100644
--- a/package/tcl/tcl.mk
+++ b/package/tcl/tcl.mk
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ HOST_TCL_CONF_OPT = \
 		--disable-langinfo \
 		--disable-framework
 
-define TCL_POST_INSTALL_CLEANUP
-	-$(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libtcl8.4.so
-endef
-TCL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += TCL_POST_INSTALL_CLEANUP
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TCL_DEL_ENCODINGS),y)
 define TCL_REMOVE_ENCODINGS
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/tcl$(TCL_VERSION_MAJOR)/encoding/*