diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 63c15fcb25..3b61da0767 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -154,5 +154,5 @@ strip_linker_plugin() {
 
 strip_kmod() {
   [ -z $1 ] && echo "usage strip_kmod <dir>" && exit 1
-  find $1 -type f -name '*.ko' | xargs -r $STRIP -R .comment -R .note -g --strip-unneeded
+  find $1 -type f -name '*.ko' | xargs -r $STRIP --strip-debug
 }