diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/template b/srcpkgs/grub/template
index d922e8878a7..7faec6fa4a4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grub/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grub/template
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ post_extract() {
 }
 
 do_configure() {
-	# XXX Remove the strip wrapper
-	rm ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/strip
-
 	unset CC AS LD RANLIB CPP
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-stack-protector"
 
@@ -63,6 +60,9 @@ do_build() {
 }
 
 do_install() {
+	# xxx remove the strip wrapper
+	rm ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/strip
+
 	if [ -n "${_GRUBX64}" ]; then
 		cd $wrksrc/efi_build
 		make DESTDIR=$DESTDIR/efi install