diff --git a/linux/make_deb.sh b/linux/make_deb.sh
index 3510ce6c4..9ef191ad4 100755
--- a/linux/make_deb.sh
+++ b/linux/make_deb.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ mkdir -p $DEST/share/doc/pandoc-citeproc
 find $DIST -type d | xargs chmod 755
 cp $ARTIFACTS/pandoc $DEST/bin/
 cp $ARTIFACTS/pandoc-citeproc $DEST/bin/
+strip $DEST/bin/pandoc
+strip $DEST/bin/pandoc-citeproc
 cp man/pandoc.1 $DEST/share/man/man1/pandoc.1
 /artifacts/pandoc-citeproc --man > $DEST/share/man/man1/pandoc-citeproc.1
 gzip -9 $DEST/share/man/man1/pandoc.1
diff --git a/linux/make_tarball.sh b/linux/make_tarball.sh
index fe520a3d8..28c0b9b7f 100644
--- a/linux/make_tarball.sh
+++ b/linux/make_tarball.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ mkdir $TARGET/bin $TARGET/share $TARGET/share/man $TARGET/share/man/man1
 ./pandoc-citeproc --man > $TARGET/share/man/man1/pandoc-citeproc.1
 cp /usr/src/pandoc/man/pandoc.1 $TARGET/share/man/man1
 mv pandoc pandoc-citeproc $TARGET/bin
+strip $TARGET/bin/pandoc
+strip $TARGET/bin/pandoc-citeproc
 gzip -9 $TARGET/share/man/man1/pandoc.1
 gzip -9 $TARGET/share/man/man1/pandoc-citeproc.1
 tar cvzf $TARGET.tar.gz $TARGET