diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ start bunbun as a daemon.
 If you're looking to build a release binary, here are the steps I use:
 
 1. `cargo build --release`
-2. `strip target/release/bunbun`
-3. `upx --lzma target/release/bunbun`
+2. `upx --lzma target/release/bunbun`
 
 LZMA provides the best level of compress for Rust binaries; it performs at the
 same level as `upx --ultra-brute` without the time cost and [without breaking