diff --git a/scripts/strip.sh b/scripts/strip.sh
index 5b7a6da7e..43e6cbf39 100755
--- a/scripts/strip.sh
+++ b/scripts/strip.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ do_strip_keep_mini_debug_info() {
         comm -13 "${outfile}.dynsyms" "${outfile}.funcsyms" > "${outfile}.keep_symbols"
         echo >> "${outfile}.keep_symbols" # Ensure that the keep_symbols file is not empty.
         "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --rename-section .debug_frame=saved_debug_frame "${outfile}.debug" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
-        "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" -S --remove-section .gdb_index --remove-section .comment --keep-symbols="${outfile}.keep_symbols" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
+        "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" -S --remove-section .gdb_index --remove-section .comment --remove-section .rustc --keep-symbols="${outfile}.keep_symbols" "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
         "${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy" --rename-section saved_debug_frame=.debug_frame "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"
         "${XZ}" --block-size=64k --threads=0 "${outfile}.mini_debuginfo"