diff --git a/scripts/release-win32.sh b/scripts/release-win32.sh
index 9faf9c2fa..df603dbab 100755
--- a/scripts/release-win32.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-win32.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ cd win32build
 # TODO: potential Arch-ism?
 i686-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -Werror" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSUPPORT_XP=ON .. || exit 1
 make -j8 || exit 1
-#i686-w64-mingw32-strip -s furnace.exe || exit 1
 
 cd ..
 
@@ -32,6 +31,8 @@ cp -r ../../demos demos || exit 1
 cp -r ../../instruments instruments || exit 1
 cp -r ../../wavetables wavetables || exit 1
 
+i686-w64-mingw32-strip -s furnace.exe || exit 1
+
 zip -r furnace.zip LICENSE.txt furnace.exe README.txt papers demos instruments wavetables
 
 furName=$(git describe --tags | sed "s/v0/0/")
diff --git a/scripts/release-win64.sh b/scripts/release-win64.sh
index b349e571f..e1678eda1 100755
--- a/scripts/release-win64.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-win64.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ cd winbuild
 # TODO: potential Arch-ism?
 x86_64-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Werror" .. || exit 1
 make -j8 || exit 1
-#x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip -s furnace.exe || exit 1
 
 cd ..
 
@@ -32,6 +31,8 @@ cp -r ../../demos demos || exit 1
 cp -r ../../instruments instruments || exit 1
 cp -r ../../wavetables wavetables || exit 1
 
+x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip -s furnace.exe || exit 1
+
 zip -r furnace.zip LICENSE.txt furnace.exe README.txt papers demos instruments wavetables
 
 furName=$(git describe --tags | sed "s/v0/0/")