diff --git a/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go b/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
index b3cc26bf7e4..972531c25a8 100644
--- a/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
+++ b/dev-tools/mage/crossbuild.go
@@ -335,16 +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.
-	if strings.HasPrefix(b.Platform, "linux/") {
-		args = append(args,
-			"--platform", b.Platform,
-		)
-	}
-
 	args = append(args,
 		image,
 
diff --git a/x-pack/osquerybeat/magefile.go b/x-pack/osquerybeat/magefile.go
index d8a9dee310b..ef846eccbb0 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 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), 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(target distro.OSArch) string {
+	if target.OS != "linux" {
+		return "strip" // fallback
+	}
+
+	switch target.Arch {
+	case "arm64":
+		return "aarch64-linux-gnu-strip"
+	case "amd64":
+		return "x86_64-linux-gnu-strip"
+	}
+
+	return "strip"
+}