diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 492ae914b..d8c64db5b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -frtti -fexceptions")
 
 # enable for additional memory checking with fsanitize
 # set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g3 -fsanitize=address,undefined")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2 -frtti -fexceptions -s")
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2 -s")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2 -frtti -fexceptions")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2")
 
 if (${LINK_STATICALLY} MATCHES "true")
   set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
diff --git a/strip-nix.sh b/strip-nix.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0f890bd8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strip-nix.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+strip ./bin/musikcube
+strip ./bin/musikcubed
+find . -name "*.so" -exec strip "{}" \; 2> /dev/null