diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Instruction.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Instruction.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Instruction.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Instruction.h
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@
   /// Drops metadata that may generate poison.
   void dropPoisonGeneratingMetadata();
 
+  /// Drops profile metadata
+  void dropProfMetadata();
+
   /// Return true if this instruction has poison-generating flags or metadata.
   bool hasPoisonGeneratingFlagsOrMetadata() const {
     return hasPoisonGeneratingFlags() || hasPoisonGeneratingMetadata();
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ProfDataUtils.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ProfDataUtils.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ProfDataUtils.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ProfDataUtils.h
@@ -99,5 +99,7 @@
 /// metadata was found.
 bool extractProfTotalWeight(const Instruction &I, uint64_t &TotalWeights);
 
+void StripProfileInfo(Module &M);
+
 } // namespace llvm
 #endif
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Instruction.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Instruction.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Instruction.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Instruction.cpp
@@ -917,6 +917,8 @@
   llvm_unreachable("Subclass of Instruction failed to implement cloneImpl");
 }
 
+void Instruction::dropProfMetadata() { eraseMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof); }
+
 void Instruction::swapProfMetadata() {
   MDNode *ProfileData = getBranchWeightMDNode(*this);
   if (!ProfileData || ProfileData->getNumOperands() != 3)
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/ProfDataUtils.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/ProfDataUtils.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/ProfDataUtils.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/ProfDataUtils.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/BranchProbability.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
 
@@ -184,4 +185,20 @@
   return extractProfTotalWeight(I.getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof), TotalVal);
 }
 
+void StripProfileInfo(Module &M) {
+  for (auto &GV : M.globals()) {
+    GV.eraseMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof);
+  }
+  for (Function &F : M) {
+    for (BasicBlock &BB : F) {
+      for (Instruction &I : llvm::make_early_inc_range(BB)) {
+        if (hasProfMD(I)) {
+          I.dropProfMetadata();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    F.eraseMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof);
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace llvm
diff --git a/llvm/tools/opt/opt.cpp b/llvm/tools/opt/opt.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/opt/opt.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/opt/opt.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "llvm/IR/LegacyPassNameParser.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/ProfDataUtils.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Verifier.h"
 #include "llvm/IRReader/IRReader.h"
 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
@@ -139,6 +140,10 @@
 StripDebug("strip-debug",
            cl::desc("Strip debugger symbol info from translation unit"));
 
+static cl::opt<bool>
+    StripProfile("strip-profile",
+                 cl::desc("Strip profiler info from translation unit"));
+
 static cl::opt<bool>
     StripNamedMetadata("strip-named-metadata",
                        cl::desc("Strip module-level named metadata"));
@@ -540,6 +545,10 @@
   if (StripDebug)
     StripDebugInfo(*M);
 
+  // Strip profile info before running the verifier.
+  if (StripProfile)
+    StripProfileInfo(*M);
+
   // Erase module-level named metadata, if requested.
   if (StripNamedMetadata) {
     while (!M->named_metadata_empty()) {