diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 5865059572..a7f6df4dec 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ show_config() {
 # strip
 debug_strip() {
   if [ ! "$DEBUG" = yes ]; then
-    $STRIP `find $* -type f -executable 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || :
+    find $* -type f -executable | xargs $STRIP 1>/dev/null || :
   fi
 }