diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index baf408d..95b64fe 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ override_dh_install:
 # Before dbgsym packages, package maintainers had to manually create their -dbg packages listed 
 # in the debian/control file. --dbgsym-migration=package-relation This option is used to migrate 
 # from a manual "-dbg" package (created with --dbg-package) to an automatic generated debug symbol package.
-override_dh_strip:
-	dh_strip -pbeegfs-meta       --dbgsym-migration='beegfs-meta-dbg (<< $(BEEGFS_VERSION)~)'
-	dh_strip -pbeegfs-mon        --dbgsym-migration='beegfs-mon-dbg (<< $(BEEGFS_VERSION)~)'
-	dh_strip -pbeegfs-storage    --dbgsym-migration='beegfs-storage-dbg (<< $(BEEGFS_VERSION)~)'
-	dh_strip -plibbeegfs-ib      --dbgsym-migration='libbeegfs-ib-dbg (<< $(BEEGFS_VERSION)~)'
+#override_dh_strip:
+#	dh_strip -pbeegfs-meta       --dbgsym-migration='beegfs-meta-dbg (<< $(BEEGFS_VERSION)~)'
+#	dh_strip -pbeegfs-mon        --dbgsym-migration='beegfs-mon-dbg (<< $(BEEGFS_VERSION)~)'
+#	dh_strip -pbeegfs-storage    --dbgsym-migration='beegfs-storage-dbg (<< $(BEEGFS_VERSION)~)'
+#	dh_strip -plibbeegfs-ib      --dbgsym-migration='libbeegfs-ib-dbg (<< $(BEEGFS_VERSION)~)'
 	
 # avoid auto-start because default config is not useful
 override_dh_installinit: