diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
index 6860c9b9cb9..0bf37e10d87 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stripDirs() {
 
     if [ -n "${dirs}" ]; then
         header "stripping (with flags $stripFlags) in$dirs"
-        find $dirs -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ${xargsFlags:--r} strip $commonStripFlags $stripFlags || true
+        find $dirs -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ${xargsFlags:--r} strip $commonStripFlags $stripFlags 2>/dev/null || true
         stopNest
     fi
 }