diff --git a/scripts/brp-strip-static-archive b/scripts/brp-strip-static-archive
index 4dc4490..13d9a09 100755
--- a/scripts/brp-strip-static-archive
+++ b/scripts/brp-strip-static-archive
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ Darwin*) exit 0 ;;
 esac
 
 # Strip static libraries.
-for f in `find "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -type f | \
-	grep -v "^${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/\?usr/lib/debug" | \
-	xargs -r -P$NCPUS -n16 file | sed 's/:  */: /' | \
-	grep 'current ar archive' | \
-	sed -n -e 's/^\(.*\):[  ]*current ar archive/\1/p'`; do
-	$STRIP -g "$f"
-done
+find "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -type f | \
+    grep -v "^${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/\?usr/lib/debug" | \
+    xargs -r -P$NCPUS -n32 sh -c "file \"\$@\" | sed 's/:  */: /' | grep 'current ar archive' | sed -n -e 's/^\(.*\):[  ]*current ar archive/\1/p' | xargs -I\{\} $STRIP -g \{\}" ARG0