diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e6cf25d438a3..9ceb00d950aa 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ step-maybe-zip-symbols: &step-maybe-zip-symbols
       export BUILD_PATH="$PWD/out/Default"
       ninja -C out/Default electron:licenses
       ninja -C out/Default electron:electron_version
-      electron/script/zip-symbols.py -b $BUILD_PATH
+      DELETE_DSYMS_AFTER_ZIP=1 electron/script/zip-symbols.py -b $BUILD_PATH
 
 step-symbols-store: &step-symbols-store
   store_artifacts:
diff --git a/script/zip-symbols.py b/script/zip-symbols.py
index a97c6f5ff028..7ec61f0f4444 100755
--- a/script/zip-symbols.py
+++ b/script/zip-symbols.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ def main():
       dsym_zip_file = os.path.join(args.build_dir, dsym_name)
       print('Making dsym zip: ' + dsym_zip_file)
       make_zip(dsym_zip_file, licenses, dsyms)
+      if len(dsyms) > 0 and 'DELETE_DSYMS_AFTER_ZIP' in os.environ:
+        execute(['rm', '-rf'] + dsyms)
   elif PLATFORM == 'win32':
     pdb_name = 'pdb.zip'
     with scoped_cwd(args.build_dir):