diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arc.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arc.cmake
index d306fe1550f..60a516272bb 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arc.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ set(LLEXT_REMOVE_FLAGS
   -fno-pie
   -ffunction-sections
   -fdata-sections
-  -g.*
   -Os
 )
 
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arm.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arm.cmake
index 72b6cc03601..7d46a4e9572 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arm.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arm.cmake
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ set(LLEXT_REMOVE_FLAGS
   -fno-pie
   -ffunction-sections
   -fdata-sections
-  -g.*
   -Os
 )
 
@@ -67,8 +66,9 @@ set(LLEXT_APPEND_FLAGS
 list(APPEND LLEXT_EDK_REMOVE_FLAGS
     --sysroot=.*
     -fmacro-prefix-map=.*
-    )
+    -g.*
+)
 
 list(APPEND LLEXT_EDK_APPEND_FLAGS
     -nodefaultlibs
-    )
+)
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arm64.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arm64.cmake
index 2674cac50cc..2bc16e61bc1 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arm64.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_arm64.cmake
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ set(LLEXT_REMOVE_FLAGS
   -fno-pie
   -ffunction-sections
   -fdata-sections
-  -g.*
   -Os
 )
 
 list(APPEND LLEXT_EDK_REMOVE_FLAGS
   --sysroot=.*
   -fmacro-prefix-map=.*
+  -g.*
 )
 
 list(APPEND LLEXT_EDK_APPEND_FLAGS
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_xtensa.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_xtensa.cmake
index 0b398023f67..abe0c7be703 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_xtensa.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/target_xtensa.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 set(LLEXT_REMOVE_FLAGS
   -ffunction-sections
   -fdata-sections
-  -g.*
   -Os
   -mcpu=.*
 )
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/xt-clang/target.cmake b/cmake/compiler/xt-clang/target.cmake
index 978bc7c7860..73cf348a1fd 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/xt-clang/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/xt-clang/target.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ include(${ZEPHYR_BASE}/cmake/compiler/xcc/target.cmake)
 set(LLEXT_REMOVE_FLAGS
   -ffunction-sections
   -fdata-sections
-  -g.*
   -Os
   -mcpu=.*
 )
diff --git a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
index c63412cd16e..4613a48449f 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
@@ -5700,7 +5700,7 @@ function(add_llext_target target_name)
   # to be used to support POST_BUILD commands on targets that do not use a
   # dynamic library.
   set(llext_proc_target ${target_name}_llext_proc)
-  set(llext_pkg_input ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${target_name}.llext.pkg_input)
+  set(llext_pkg_input ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${target_name}_debug.elf)
   add_custom_target(${llext_proc_target} DEPENDS ${llext_pkg_input})
   set_property(TARGET ${llext_proc_target} PROPERTY has_post_build_cmds 0)
 
@@ -5733,49 +5733,19 @@ function(add_llext_target target_name)
     set(slid_inject_cmd ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E true)
   endif()
 
-  # Type-specific packaging of the built binary file into an .llext file
-  if(CONFIG_LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_OBJECT)
-
-    # No packaging required, simply copy the object file
-    add_custom_command(
-      OUTPUT ${llext_pkg_output}
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${llext_pkg_input} ${llext_pkg_output}
-      COMMAND ${slid_inject_cmd}
-      DEPENDS ${llext_proc_target} ${llext_pkg_input}
-    )
-
-  elseif(CONFIG_LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_RELOCATABLE)
-
-    # Need to remove just some sections from the relocatable object
-    # (using strip in this case would remove _all_ symbols)
-    add_custom_command(
-      OUTPUT ${llext_pkg_output}
-      COMMAND $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_command>
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag>
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_section_remove>.xt.*
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_infile>${llext_pkg_input}
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_outfile>${llext_pkg_output}
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_final>
-      COMMAND ${slid_inject_cmd}
-      DEPENDS ${llext_proc_target} ${llext_pkg_input}
-    )
-
-  elseif(CONFIG_LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_SHAREDLIB)
-
-    # Need to strip the shared library of some sections
-    add_custom_command(
-      OUTPUT ${llext_pkg_output}
-      COMMAND $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,strip_command>
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,strip_flag>
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,strip_flag_remove_section>.xt.*
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,strip_flag_infile>${llext_pkg_input}
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,strip_flag_outfile>${llext_pkg_output}
-              $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,strip_flag_final>
-      COMMAND ${slid_inject_cmd}
-      DEPENDS ${llext_proc_target} ${llext_pkg_input}
-    )
-
-  endif()
+  # Remove sections that are unused by the llext loader
+  add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT ${llext_pkg_output}
+    COMMAND $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_command>
+            $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag>
+            $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_strip_unneeded>
+            $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_section_remove>.xt.*
+            $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_infile>${llext_pkg_input}
+            $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_outfile>${llext_pkg_output}
+            $<TARGET_PROPERTY:bintools,elfconvert_flag_final>
+    COMMAND ${slid_inject_cmd}
+    DEPENDS ${llext_proc_target} ${llext_pkg_input}
+  )
 
   # Add user-visible target and dependency, and fill in properties
   get_filename_component(output_name ${llext_pkg_output} NAME)