diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/install b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/install
index 215f3c252e..3b221c7bbb 100755
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/install
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/install
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/modules/$VER/nvidia
   cp $PKG_BUILD/kernel/nvidia.ko $INSTALL/lib/modules/$VER/nvidia
 
-strip_kmod $INSTALL/lib/modules/$VER/nvidia
-
 $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/sbin/depmod -b $INSTALL $VER > /dev/null
 for i in `ls $INSTALL/lib/modules/*/modules.* | grep -v modules.dep | grep -v modules.alias | grep -v modules.symbols`; do
   rm -f $i