diff --git a/3.10/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.10/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 9ebf62473..331d9e488 100644
--- a/3.10/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.10/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 	; \
 	make install; \
 	cd /; \
diff --git a/3.10/buster/Dockerfile b/3.10/buster/Dockerfile
index 5e200cfa5..1854da855 100644
--- a/3.10/buster/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.10/buster/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 	; \
 	make install; \
 	cd /; \
diff --git a/3.11-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.11-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile
index bf7d88c7c..05348e501 100644
--- a/3.11-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 	; \
 	make install; \
 	cd /; \
diff --git a/3.11-rc/buster/Dockerfile b/3.11-rc/buster/Dockerfile
index 3fce4115b..6adac4d57 100644
--- a/3.11-rc/buster/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11-rc/buster/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 	; \
 	make install; \
 	cd /; \
diff --git a/3.7/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.7/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 6370c9591..08d0fada3 100644
--- a/3.7/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.7/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 # setting PROFILE_TASK makes "--enable-optimizations" reasonable: https://bugs.python.org/issue36044 / https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/160#issuecomment-509426916
 		PROFILE_TASK='-m test.regrtest --pgo \
 			test_array \
diff --git a/3.7/buster/Dockerfile b/3.7/buster/Dockerfile
index f3a13363a..8a5159625 100644
--- a/3.7/buster/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.7/buster/Dockerfile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 # setting PROFILE_TASK makes "--enable-optimizations" reasonable: https://bugs.python.org/issue36044 / https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/160#issuecomment-509426916
 		PROFILE_TASK='-m test.regrtest --pgo \
 			test_array \
diff --git a/3.8/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.8/bullseye/Dockerfile
index b5b6ab7b6..eda4387c3 100644
--- a/3.8/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.8/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 	; \
 	make install; \
 	cd /; \
diff --git a/3.8/buster/Dockerfile b/3.8/buster/Dockerfile
index fa5a647ef..4792cdaa0 100644
--- a/3.8/buster/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.8/buster/Dockerfile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 	; \
 	make install; \
 	cd /; \
diff --git a/3.9/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.9/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 65a0cfd00..d2fb4dde0 100644
--- a/3.9/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.9/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 	; \
 	make install; \
 	cd /; \
diff --git a/3.9/buster/Dockerfile b/3.9/buster/Dockerfile
index 5d2083359..0fa56c72d 100644
--- a/3.9/buster/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.9/buster/Dockerfile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	; \
 	nproc="$(nproc)"; \
 	make -j "$nproc" \
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
 	; \
 	make install; \
 	cd /; \
diff --git a/Dockerfile-linux.template b/Dockerfile-linux.template
index e5d2529f0..f2e445a6d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-linux.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-linux.template
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 # https://github.com/alpinelinux/aports/commit/2026e1259422d4e0cf92391ca2d3844356c649d0
 		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DTHREAD_STACK_SIZE=0x100000" \
 {{ ) else "" end -}}
+{{ if is_slim or is_alpine then ( -}}
 		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all" \
+{{ ) else "" end -}}
 {{ if env.version == "3.7" then ( -}}
 # setting PROFILE_TASK makes "--enable-optimizations" reasonable: https://bugs.python.org/issue36044 / https://github.com/docker-library/python/issues/160#issuecomment-509426916
 		PROFILE_TASK='-m test.regrtest --pgo \