diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 570cfcef06bf76b6f7b9c8071abe84d9a5d0e246..98cddaf6e0a5962d9577d2b815d0c6cc369b6612 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ package() {
   msg2 'Installing vmlinuz'
   install -D -m644 "$(make -s image_name)" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/kernel/vmlinuz-$kernrel"
 
-  msg2 'Stripping vmlinuz'
-  strip -v $STRIP_STATIC "$pkgdir/usr/lib/kernel/vmlinuz-$kernrel"
-
   msg2 'Installing modules'
   # disable DEPMOD because it fail due to poor hack in scripts/depmod.sh
   # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will cause modules to be fully stripped