diff --git a/libpf/pfelf/pfelf.go b/libpf/pfelf/pfelf.go
index 46b95e5..39f1498 100644
--- a/libpf/pfelf/pfelf.go
+++ b/libpf/pfelf/pfelf.go
@@ -237,13 +237,18 @@ func GetGoBuildID(elfFile *elf.File) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // getGoBuildIDFromNotes returns the Go build ID from an ELF notes section data.
+//
+//nolint:lll
 func getGoBuildIDFromNotes(notes []byte) (string, error) {
 	// 0x4 is the "Go Build ID" type. Not sure where this is standardized.
 	buildID, found, err := getNoteString(notes, "Go", 0x4)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not determine BuildID: %v", err)
 	}
-	if !found {
+	// When building Go binaries, Bazel explicitly sets their build ID to "redacted"
+	// see https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/blob/199d8e4827f87d382a85febd0148c1b42fa949cc/go/private/actions/link.bzl#L174.
+	// In that case, we don't want to associate the build ID with the binary in the mapping.
+	if !found || buildID == "redacted" {
 		return "", ErrNoBuildID
 	}
 	return buildID, nil
diff --git a/symbolication/datadog_uploader.go b/symbolication/datadog_uploader.go
index cbcfc58..1dce8a1 100644
--- a/symbolication/datadog_uploader.go
+++ b/symbolication/datadog_uploader.go
@@ -111,11 +111,7 @@ func (d *DatadogUploader) HandleExecutable(elfRef *pfelf.Reference, fileID libpf
 		return
 	}
 
-	e, err := newExecutableMetadata(fileName, ef, fileID)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Debugf("Skipping symbol upload for executable %s: %v", fileName, err)
-		return
-	}
+	e := newExecutableMetadata(fileName, ef, fileID)
 
 	d.uploadCache.Add(fileID, struct{}{})
 	// TODO:
@@ -162,21 +158,21 @@ type executableMetadata struct {
 }
 
 func newExecutableMetadata(fileName string, elf *pfelf.File,
-	fileID libpf.FileID) (*executableMetadata, error) {
+	fileID libpf.FileID) *executableMetadata {
 	isGolang := elf.IsGolang()
 
 	buildID, err := elf.GetBuildID()
-	// Some Go executables don't have a GNU build ID, so we don't want to fail
-	// if we can't get it
-	if err != nil && !isGolang {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get build id: %w", err)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf(
+			"Unable to get GNU build ID for executable %s: %s", fileName, err)
 	}
 
 	goBuildID := ""
 	if isGolang {
 		goBuildID, err = elf.GetGoBuildID()
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get go build id: %w", err)
+			log.Debugf(
+				"Unable to get Go build ID for executable %s: %s", fileName, err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -191,7 +187,7 @@ func newExecutableMetadata(fileName string, elf *pfelf.File,
 		SymbolSource:  "debug_info",
 		FileName:      filepath.Base(fileName),
 		filePath:      fileName,
-	}, nil
+	}
 }
 
 func (e *executableMetadata) String() string {