diff --git a/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go b/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
index bd171bfd725f..972531c25a8d 100644
--- a/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
+++ b/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
@@ -120,21 +120,12 @@ func AddPlatforms(expressions ...string) func(params *crossBuildParams) {
 	}
 }
 
-// UseHostPlatform specifies whether the docker crossbuild container
-// should use the host platform at runtime or not.
-func UseHostPlatform() func(params *crossBuildParams) {
-	return func(params *crossBuildParams) {
-		params.UseHostPlatform = true
-	}
-}
-
 type crossBuildParams struct {
-	Platforms       BuildPlatformList
-	Target          string
-	Serial          bool
-	InDir           string
-	ImageSelector   ImageSelectorFunc
-	UseHostPlatform bool
+	Platforms     BuildPlatformList
+	Target        string
+	Serial        bool
+	InDir         string
+	ImageSelector ImageSelectorFunc
 }
 
 // CrossBuild executes a given build target once for each target platform.
@@ -190,7 +181,7 @@ func CrossBuild(options ...CrossBuildOption) error {
 		if !buildPlatform.Flags.CanCrossBuild() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported cross build platform %v", buildPlatform.Name)
 		}
-		builder := GolangCrossBuilder{buildPlatform.Name, params.Target, params.InDir, params.ImageSelector, params.UseHostPlatform}
+		builder := GolangCrossBuilder{buildPlatform.Name, params.Target, params.InDir, params.ImageSelector}
 		if params.Serial {
 			if err := builder.Build(); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed cross-building target=%s for platform=%s: %w",
@@ -264,11 +255,10 @@ func CrossBuildImage(platform string) (string, error) {
 // GolangCrossBuilder executes the specified mage target inside of the
 // associated golang-crossbuild container image for the platform.
 type GolangCrossBuilder struct {
-	Platform        string
-	Target          string
-	InDir           string
-	ImageSelector   ImageSelectorFunc
-	UseHostPlatform bool
+	Platform      string
+	Target        string
+	InDir         string
+	ImageSelector ImageSelectorFunc
 }
 
 // Build executes the build inside of Docker.
@@ -345,19 +335,6 @@ func (b GolangCrossBuilder) Build() error {
 		"-w", workDir,
 	)
 
-	// Ensure the proper platform is passed
-	// This fixes an issue where during arm64 linux build for the currently used docker image
-	// docker.elastic.co/beats-dev/golang-crossbuild:1.22.5-arm the image for amd64 arch is pulled
-	// and causes problems when using native arch tools on the binaries that are built for arm64 arch.
-	// Unless the flag UseHostPlatform is set, in which case the host platform is used for container runtime.
-	if strings.HasPrefix(b.Platform, "linux/") {
-		platform := b.Platform
-		if b.UseHostPlatform {
-			platform = dockerHostPlatform()
-		}
-		args = append(args, "--platform", platform)
-	}
-
 	args = append(args,
 		image,
 
@@ -370,16 +347,6 @@ func (b GolangCrossBuilder) Build() error {
 	return dockerRun(args...)
 }
 
-func dockerHostPlatform() string {
-	os := runtime.GOOS
-	// darwin docker runs inside a linux vm
-	if os == "darwin" {
-		os = "linux"
-	}
-
-	return os + "/" + runtime.GOARCH
-}
-
 // DockerChown chowns files generated during build. EXEC_UID and EXEC_GID must
 // be set in the containers environment otherwise this is a noop.
 func DockerChown(path string) {
diff --git a/x-pack/osquerybeat/magefile.go b/x-pack/osquerybeat/magefile.go
index d8a9dee310bb..92967a6a8f4c 100644
--- a/x-pack/osquerybeat/magefile.go
+++ b/x-pack/osquerybeat/magefile.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func Clean() error {
 
 func execCommand(ctx context.Context, name string, args ...string) error {
 	ps := strings.Join(append([]string{name}, args...), " ")
-	fmt.Println(ps)
+	fmt.Println("Executing strip command: ", ps)
 	output, err := command.Execute(ctx, name, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(ps, ", failed: ", err)
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ func stripLinuxOsqueryd() error {
 
 	osArchs := osquerybeat.OSArchs(devtools.Platforms)
 
-	strip := func(oquerydPath string) error {
+	strip := func(oquerydPath string, target distro.OSArch) error {
 		ok, err := fileutil.FileExists(oquerydPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if ok {
-			if err := execCommand(ctx, "strip", oquerydPath); err != nil {
+			if err := execCommand(ctx, stripCommand(target.OS, target.Arch), oquerydPath); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ func stripLinuxOsqueryd() error {
 		// Checking and stripping osqueryd binary and both paths osquerybeat/build and agentbeat/build
 		// because at the moment it's unclear if this step was initiated from osquerybeat or agentbeat build
 		osquerybeatPath := filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(cwd, "../..", querydRelativePath))
-		err = strip(osquerybeatPath)
+		err = strip(osquerybeatPath, osarch)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		agentbeatPath := filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(cwd, "../../../agentbeat", querydRelativePath))
-		err = strip(agentbeatPath)
+		err = strip(agentbeatPath, osarch)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -260,3 +260,18 @@ func Fields() { mg.Deps(osquerybeat.Update.Fields) }
 // Config is an alias for update:config. This is a workaround for
 // https://github.com/magefile/mage/issues/217.
 func Config() { mg.Deps(osquerybeat.Update.Config) }
+
+func stripCommand(targetOS, targetArch string) string {
+	if targetOS != "linux" {
+		return "strip" // fallback
+	}
+
+	switch targetArch {
+	case "arm64":
+		return "aarch64-linux-gnu-strip"
+	case "amd64":
+		return "x86_64-linux-gnu-strip"
+	}
+
+	return "strip"
+}