There won't be much of a runtime effect as most of the ripped-out code was unused anyway. In a stripped binary (32-bit ARM), I saw 40-50kb worth of codesize red

There won't be much of a runtime effect as most of the ripped-out code was unused anyway. In a stripped binary (32-bit ARM), I saw 40-50kb worth of codesize reduction, which isn't nothing (especially on mobile) but not a game-changing win. The biggest advantage was really just getting rid of a bunch of unused and unmaintained code.