diff --git a/cc/builder.go b/cc/builder.go
index 9cd78d59a..c70cd9b92 100644
--- a/cc/builder.go
+++ b/cc/builder.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ var (
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
 			Depfile:     "${out}.d",
 			Deps:        blueprint.DepsGCC,
-			Command:     "CROSS_COMPILE=$crossCompile XZ=$xzCmd CLANG_BIN=${config.ClangBin} $stripPath ${args} -i ${in} -o ${out} -d ${out}.d",
+			Command:     "XZ=$xzCmd CLANG_BIN=${config.ClangBin} $stripPath ${args} -i ${in} -o ${out} -d ${out}.d",
 			CommandDeps: []string{"$stripPath", "$xzCmd"},
 			Pool:        darwinStripPool,
 		},
diff --git a/scripts/strip.sh b/scripts/strip.sh
index 5b7a6da7e..b3606195f 100755
--- a/scripts/strip.sh
+++ b/scripts/strip.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # Inputs:
 #  Environment:
 #   CLANG_BIN: path to the clang bin directory
-#   CROSS_COMPILE: prefix added to readelf, objcopy tools
 #   XZ: path to the xz binary
 #  Arguments:
 #   -i ${file}: input file (required)
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ do_strip_keep_symbol_list() {
 
     KEEP_SYMBOLS="--strip-unneeded-symbol=* --keep-symbols="
     KEEP_SYMBOLS+="${outfile}.symbolList"
-    "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" -w "${infile}" "${outfile}.tmp" ${KEEP_SYMBOLS}
+    "${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-objcopy" -w "${infile}" "${outfile}.tmp" ${KEEP_SYMBOLS}
 }
 
 do_strip_keep_mini_debug_info() {
@@ -81,14 +80,14 @@ do_strip_keep_mini_debug_info() {
         # Current prebult llvm-objcopy does not support --only-keep-debug flag,
         # and cannot process object files that are produced with the flag. Use
         # GNU objcopy instead for now. (b/141010852)
-        "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --only-keep-debug "${infile}" "${outfile}.debug"
+        "${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-objcopy" --only-keep-debug "${infile}" "${outfile}.debug"
         "${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-nm" -D "${infile}" --format=posix --defined-only 2> /dev/null | awk '{ print $1 }' | sort >"${outfile}.dynsyms"
         "${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-nm" "${infile}" --format=posix --defined-only | awk '{ if ($2 == "T" || $2 == "t" || $2 == "D") print $1 }' | sort > "${outfile}.funcsyms"
         comm -13 "${outfile}.dynsyms" "${outfile}.funcsyms" > "${outfile}.keep_symbols"
         echo >> "${outfile}.keep_symbols" # Ensure that the keep_symbols file is not empty.
-        "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --rename-section .debug_frame=saved_debug_frame "${outfile}.debug" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
-        "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" -S --remove-section .gdb_index --remove-section .comment --keep-symbols="${outfile}.keep_symbols" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
-        "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --rename-section saved_debug_frame=.debug_frame "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
+        "${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-objcopy" --rename-section .debug_frame=saved_debug_frame "${outfile}.debug" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
+        "${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-objcopy" -S --remove-section .gdb_index --remove-section .comment --keep-symbols="${outfile}.keep_symbols" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
+        "${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-objcopy" --rename-section saved_debug_frame=.debug_frame "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
         "${XZ}" --block-size=64k --threads=0 "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
 
         "${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-objcopy" --add-section .gnu_debugdata="${outfile}.mini_debuginfo.xz" "${outfile}.tmp"
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ mv "${outfile}.tmp" "${outfile}"
 cat <<EOF > "${depsfile}"
 ${outfile}: \
   ${infile} \
-  ${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy \
   ${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-nm \
   ${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-objcopy \
   ${CLANG_BIN}/llvm-readelf \