diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 27e8ab6..e273533 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -834,16 +834,9 @@ stripbin() {
 	options_has "!strip" && return 0
 	cd "${subpkgdir:-$pkgdir}" || return 1
 	msg "Stripping binaries"
-	find . -type f 2>/dev/null | while read bin; do
-		local opt=
-		case "$(file -biz "$bin")" in
-			*/x-sharedlib*|*/x-archive*)
-				strip --strip-debug "$bin";;
-			*/x-executable*)
-				strip "$bin";;
-		esac
-	done
-	return 0
+	scanelf --recursive --nobanner --etype "ET_DYN,ET_EXEC" . \
+		| sed -e 's:^ET_DYN ::' -e 's:^ET_EXEC ::' \
+		| xargs -r strip
 }
 
 # simply list target apks