diff --git a/go/private/rules/test.bzl b/go/private/rules/test.bzl
index 17516ad7..76b6c68c 100644
--- a/go/private/rules/test.bzl
+++ b/go/private/rules/test.bzl
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ def _go_test_impl(ctx):
     )

     test_gc_linkopts = gc_linkopts(ctx)
-    if not go.mode.debug:
-        # Disable symbol table and DWARF generation for test binaries.
-        test_gc_linkopts.extend(["-s", "-w"])

     # Link in the run_dir global for bzltestutil
     test_gc_linkopts.extend(["-X", "github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/bzltestutil.RunDir=" + run_dir])