diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index a145f9d431..8317721de1 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -213,13 +213,6 @@ if [ "$(type -t configure_package)" = "function" ]; then
   configure_package
 fi
 
-if [ "$PKG_IS_KERNEL_PKG" = "yes" ]; then
-  if [ "$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH" = "arm64" -a "$TARGET_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
-    TARGET_PREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN/lib/gcc-linaro-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-
-    STRIP=${TARGET_PREFIX}strip
-  fi
-fi
-
 # build dependencies, only when PKG_DEPENDS_? is filled
 unset _pkg_depends
 case "$TARGET" in