diff --git a/bin/cross-compile.go b/bin/cross-compile.go
index 14d3bcb72..4aa288752 100644
--- a/bin/cross-compile.go
+++ b/bin/cross-compile.go
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ func compileArch(version, goos, goarch, dir string) bool {
 		"go", "build",
 		"--ldflags", "-s -X github.com/rclone/rclone/fs.Version=" + version,
 		"-trimpath",
-		"-i",
 		"-o", output,
 		"-tags", *tags,
 		"..",