diff --git a/xinstall.1 b/xinstall.1
index 1a727d3..8799dbb 100644
--- a/xinstall.1
+++ b/xinstall.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd 2016-02-12
+.Dd 2016-24-27
 .Dt INSTALL 1
 .Os sbase
 .Sh NAME
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 .Po
 .Fl d Ar dir ...
 |
-.Op Fl sD
+.Op Fl D
 .Po
 .Fl t Ar dest
 .Ar source ...
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ is copied with
 Change the installed files' owner to
 .Ar owner .
 This may be a user name or a user identifier.
-.It Fl s
-Remove unnecessary symbols using
-.Xr strip 1 .
-Failure to strip a file does not imply failure to install the file.
 .It Fl t Ar dest
 Copy files into the directory
 .Ar dest .
@@ -79,8 +75,7 @@ notation is used, the base mode is 0000.
 .Xr chmod 1 ,
 .Xr chown 1 ,
 .Xr cp 1 ,
-.Xr mkdir 1 ,
-.Xr strip 1
+.Xr mkdir 1
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Nm
diff --git a/xinstall.c b/xinstall.c
index 38636f1..4cd5122 100644
--- a/xinstall.c
+++ b/xinstall.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "text.h"
 
 static int Dflag = 0;
-static int sflag = 0;
 static gid_t group;
 static uid_t owner;
 static mode_t mode = 0755;
@@ -41,22 +40,6 @@ make_dirs(char *dir, int was_missing)
 	make_dir(dir, was_missing);
 }
 
-static void
-strip(const char *filename)
-{
-	pid_t pid = fork();
-	switch (pid) {
-	case -1:
-		eprintf("fork:");
-	case 0:
-		execlp("strip", "strip", "--", filename, (char *)0);
-		eprintf("exec: strip:");
-	default:
-		waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
-		break;
-	}
-}
-
 static int
 install(const char *s1, const char *s2, int depth)
 {
@@ -125,9 +108,6 @@ install(const char *s1, const char *s2, int depth)
 			eprintf("fclose %s:", s2);
 		if (fclose(f1) == EOF)
 			eprintf("fclose %s:", s1);
-
-		if (sflag)
-			strip(s2);
 	}
 
 	if (lchown(s2, owner, group) < 0)
@@ -139,7 +119,7 @@ install(const char *s1, const char *s2, int depth)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	eprintf("usage: %s [-g group] [-o owner] [-m mode] (-d dir ... | [-Ds] (-t dest source ... | source ... dest))\n", argv0);
+	eprintf("usage: %s [-g group] [-o owner] [-m mode] (-d dir ... | [-D] (-t dest source ... | source ... dest))\n", argv0);
 }
 
 int
@@ -166,7 +146,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		Dflag = 1;
 		break;
 	case 's':
-		sflag = 1;
+		/* no-op for compatibility */
 		break;
 	case 'g':
 		gflag = EARGF(usage());
@@ -184,7 +164,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		usage();
 	} ARGEND
 
-	if (argc < 1 + (!tflag & !dflag) || dflag & (Dflag | sflag | !!tflag))
+	if (argc < 1 + (!tflag & !dflag) || dflag & (Dflag | !!tflag))
 		usage();
 
 	if (gflag) {