diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index 550d6fb8a8..21a20c1f5e 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -230,11 +230,8 @@ find $INSTALL/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base/lib/modules/$MODVER/ -name *.ko | \
 $TOOLCHAIN/bin/depmod -b $INSTALL/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base -a -e -F "$BUILD/linux-$(kernel_version)/System.map" $MODVER
 
 # strip kernel modules
-if [ "$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH" = "arm64" -a "$TARGET_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
-  STRIP=$TOOLCHAIN/lib/gcc-linaro-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-strip
-fi
 for MOD in `find $INSTALL/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/ -type f -name *.ko`; do
-  $STRIP --strip-debug $MOD
+  ${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}strip --strip-debug $MOD
 done
 
 # symlink overlayed modules to /usr/lib/modules