diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/wine/base.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/wine/base.nix
index 0be36daac9f9..cb46bc2bfe2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/wine/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/wine/base.nix
@@ -91,14 +91,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ((lib.optionalAttrs (buildScript != null) {
   # elements specified above.
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
-  # Disable stripping to avoid breaking placeholder DLLs/EXEs.
-  # Symptoms of broken placeholders are: when the wineprefix is created
-  # drive_c/windows/system32 will only contain a few files instead of
-  # hundreds, there will be an error about winemenubuilder and MountMgr
-  # on startup of Wine, and the Drives tab in winecfg will show an error.
-  # TODO: binutils 2.34 contains a fix for this bug, re-enable stripping once available.
-  dontStrip = true;
-
   ## FIXME
   # Add capability to ignore known failing tests
   # and enable doCheck