diff --git a/doc/src/testnet/contract.md b/doc/src/testnet/contract.md
index a5b381c07..8464796d7 100644
--- a/doc/src/testnet/contract.md
+++ b/doc/src/testnet/contract.md
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ RUSTFLAGS="" cargo build --target=wasm32-unknown-unknown \
     Compiling wasm_hello_world v0.0.1 (/home/anon/darkfi/example/wasm-hello-world)
     Finished `release` profile [optimized] target(s) in 15.90s
 cp -f target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/wasm_hello_world.wasm wasm_hello_world.wasm
-wasm-strip wasm_hello_world.wasm
 ```
 
 Apart from the contract, an example client to interact with it is
diff --git a/example/wasm-hello-world/Makefile b/example/wasm-hello-world/Makefile
index d4cefc9f5..9da1fc476 100644
--- a/example/wasm-hello-world/Makefile
+++ b/example/wasm-hello-world/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ $(WASM_BIN): $(WASM_SRC) $(PROOFS_BIN)
 	RUSTFLAGS="$(RUSTFLAGS)" $(CARGO) build --target=$(WASM_TARGET) \
 		--release --package $(PKGNAME)
 	cp -f target/$(WASM_TARGET)/release/$@ $@
-	wasm-strip $@
 
 clippy: all
 	RUSTFLAGS="$(RUSTFLAGS)" $(CARGO) clippy --target=$(WASM_TARGET) \