diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/strip.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/strip.sh.in
index 6c435058..e0a30353 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/strip.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/strip.sh.in
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ tidy_strip() {
 
 		local binary strip_flags
 		find . -type f -perm -u+w -print0 2>/dev/null | LC_ALL=C sort -z | while IFS= read -rd '' binary ; do
-			local STRIPLTO=0
+			local STATICLIB=0
 			case "$(LC_ALL=C readelf -h "$binary" 2>/dev/null)" in
 				*Type:*'DYN (Shared object file)'*) # Libraries (.so) or Relocatable binaries
 					strip_flags="$STRIP_SHARED";;
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ tidy_strip() {
 				*Type:*'REL (Relocatable file)'*) # Libraries (.a) or objects
 					if ar t "$binary" &>/dev/null; then # Libraries (.a)
 						strip_flags="$STRIP_STATIC"
-						STRIPLTO=1
+						STATICLIB=1
 					elif [[ $binary = *'.ko' || $binary = *'.o' ]]; then # Kernel module or object file
 						strip_flags="$STRIP_SHARED"
 					else
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ tidy_strip() {
 				*)
 					continue ;;
 			esac
-			collect_debug_symbols "$binary"
+			(( ! STATICLIB )) && collect_debug_symbols "$binary"
 			strip_file "$binary" ${strip_flags}
-			(( STRIPLTO )) && strip_lto "$binary"
+			(( STATICLIB )) && strip_lto "$binary"
 		done
 
 	elif check_option "debug" "y"; then