diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 4a02fbc..ebed027 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -554,7 +554,12 @@ pkg_strip() {
     # 0000000   !   <   a   r   c   h   >  \n   /
     # 0000020
     # 0000022
-    find "$pkg_dir/$1" -type f | while read -r file; do
+    while read -r file; do case $file in
+        # Look only in these locations for files of interest (libraries,
+        # programs, etc). This includes all subdirectories. Old behavior
+        # would run od on all files (upwards of 4000 for Python).
+        */sbin/?*|*/bin/?*|*/lib/?*|*/lib??/?*|*/lib???/?*|*/lib????/?*)
+
         case $(od -A o -t c -N 18 "$file") in
             # REL (object files (.o), static libraries (.a)).
             *177*E*L*F*0000020\ 001\ *|*\!*\<*a*r*c*h*\>*)
@@ -569,7 +574,7 @@ pkg_strip() {
                 strip -s -R .comment -R .note "$file"
             ;;
         esac
-    done 2>/dev/null || :
+    esac done < "$pkg_dir/$1/$pkg_db/$1/manifest" 2>/dev/null || :
 }
 
 pkg_fix_deps() {
@@ -844,8 +849,8 @@ pkg_build_all() {
         ! [ -f "$repo_dir/sources" ] || pkg_extract  "$pkg"
 
         pkg_build    "$pkg"
-        pkg_strip    "$pkg"
         pkg_manifest "$pkg"
+        pkg_strip    "$pkg"
         pkg_fix_deps "$pkg"
         pkg_etcsums  "$pkg"
         pkg_tar      "$pkg"