diff --git a/fuzzers/fuzzbench/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/fuzzbench/Cargo.toml
index 046c7405c0..1a7bd16178 100644
--- a/fuzzers/fuzzbench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/fuzzbench/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = 3
 debug = true
 
-[profile.release-fuzzbench]
-inherits = "release"
-debug = false
-strip = true
-
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = { version = "1.0", features = ["parallel"] }
 which = "4.4"
diff --git a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_ctx/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_ctx/Cargo.toml
index 33f0bf48a3..8b1af08f78 100644
--- a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_ctx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_ctx/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = 3
 debug = true
 
-[profile.release-fuzzbench]
-inherits = "release"
-debug = false
-strip = true
-
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = { version = "1.0", features = ["parallel"] }
 which = "4.4"
diff --git a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_fork_qemu/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_fork_qemu/Cargo.toml
index 705894e221..4a2b8e3dbb 100644
--- a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_fork_qemu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_fork_qemu/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = 3
 debug = true
 
-[profile.release-fuzzbench]
-inherits = "release"
-debug = false
-strip = true
-
 [dependencies]
 libafl = { path = "../../libafl/" }
 libafl_bolts = { path = "../../libafl_bolts/" }
diff --git a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_forkserver/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_forkserver/Cargo.toml
index 9c30351062..e0932929ae 100644
--- a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_forkserver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_forkserver/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = 3
 debug = true
 
-[profile.release-fuzzbench]
-inherits = "release"
-debug = false
-strip = true
-
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = { version = "1.0", features = ["parallel"] }
 which = "4.4"
diff --git a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_forkserver_cmplog/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_forkserver_cmplog/Cargo.toml
index 03d2c313ef..34c185856f 100644
--- a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_forkserver_cmplog/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_forkserver_cmplog/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = 3
 debug = true
 
-[profile.release-fuzzbench]
-inherits = "release"
-debug = false
-strip = true
-
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = { version = "1.0", features = ["parallel"] }
 which = "4.4"
diff --git a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_qemu/Cargo.toml b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_qemu/Cargo.toml
index c6e754e7bd..5402cf9aa5 100644
--- a/fuzzers/fuzzbench_qemu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzzers/fuzzbench_qemu/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = 3
 debug = true
 
-[profile.release-fuzzbench]
-inherits = "release"
-debug = false
-strip = true
-
 [dependencies]
 libafl = { path = "../../libafl/" }
 libafl_bolts = { path = "../../libafl_bolts/" }
diff --git a/libafl_libfuzzer/libafl_libfuzzer_runtime/Cargo.toml b/libafl_libfuzzer/libafl_libfuzzer_runtime/Cargo.toml
index 4fa4f3313a..0ef081a814 100644
--- a/libafl_libfuzzer/libafl_libfuzzer_runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_libfuzzer/libafl_libfuzzer_runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = 3
 debug = true
 
-# debug-free release profile for fuzzbench due to space restrictions
-[profile.release-fuzzbench]
-inherits = "release"
-debug = false
-strip = true
-
-
 [lib]
 name = "afl_libfuzzer_runtime" # TODO fix name once cargo-fuzz stops stripping double-prefixes
 path = "src/lib.rs"