diff --git a/etc/build.msgs.en b/etc/build.msgs.en
index 2823ba8..1d468eb 100644
--- a/etc/build.msgs.en
+++ b/etc/build.msgs.en
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MSG_pkg_skip_finished="1;Skipping finished package \`%s'.";
 MSG_pkg_skip_unknown="1;Error: unknown package \`%s'.";
 MSG_pkg_stderrout_log="2;%s/%s_stderrout.log:";
 MSG_pkg_step="2;Finished build step %s of package \`%s'.";
-MSG_pkg_strip="1;Stripping %s...";
+MSG_pkg_strip="1;Stripped %s";
 
 MSG_zipdist_begin="0;Building deployable distribution ZIP archive...";
 MSG_zipdist_finished="0;Finished building deployable distribution ZIP archive.";
diff --git a/subr.pkg/pkg_install_files.subr b/subr.pkg/pkg_install_files.subr
index ac47118..aebba9a 100644
--- a/subr.pkg/pkg_install_files.subr
+++ b/subr.pkg/pkg_install_files.subr
@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@ pkgp_install_files_perms() {
 };
 
 pkgp_install_files_strip() {
-	local _ppifs_files_stripped="" _ppifs_pkg_minipixfl=0 _ppifs_rc=0;
+	local _ppifs_pkg_minipixfl=0 _ppifs_rc=0;
 
 	rtl_match "${PKG_NAME}" "*_minipix"; _ppifs_pkg_minipixfl="${?}";
 	if [ \( "${_ppifs_pkg_minipixfl}" -eq 0 \) -a \( "${ARG_DEBUG_MINIPIX:-0}" -eq 0 \) ]\
 	|| [ \( "${BUILD_KIND}" = release \) -a \( "${PKG_BUILD_TYPE}" = native \) ]; then
 		ex_rtl_strip_files		\
-			\$_ppifs_files_stripped	\
 			"${PKG_TARGET}-strip"	\
 			"${PKG_DESTDIR}"	\
 			--			\