diff -Naur ftjam-2.5.3rc2-orig/Jamfile ftjam-2.5.3rc2/Jamfile
--- ftjam-2.5.3rc2-orig/Jamfile	2007-06-05 08:30:52.000000000 -0600
+++ ftjam-2.5.3rc2/Jamfile	2007-06-10 12:55:03.000000000 -0600
@@ -138,16 +138,6 @@
 LinkLibraries 	jam : libjam.a ;
 GenFile 	jambase.c : mkjambase Jambase ;
 
-if $(UNIX) && ! $(DEBUG)
-{
-  actions Strip
-  {
-    strip $(1)
-  }
-
-  Strip jam ;
-}
-
 Library         libjam.a :
 		    builtins.c command.c compile.c $(code) expand.c
 		    glob.c hash.c headers.c lists.c make.c make1.c
@@ -156,19 +146,6 @@
 		    hdrmacro.c rope.c
 		    ;
 
-# Strip the Jam executable on Mingw
-#
-if $(JAM_TOOLSET) = MINGW
-{
-  actions  Strip
-  {
-    strip $(1)
-  }
-
-  Strip  jam$(SUFEXE) ;
-}
-
-
 if $(BINDIR) 	{ InstallBin $(BINDIR) : jam ; }
 
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