diff --git a/linux57-tkg/PKGBUILD b/linux57-tkg/PKGBUILD
index a60c29f..75ba755 100644
--- a/linux57-tkg/PKGBUILD
+++ b/linux57-tkg/PKGBUILD
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ pkgdesc='Linux-tkg'
 arch=('x86_64') # no i686 in here
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
-makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'libelf' 'patchutils' 'flex' 'python-sphinx' 'python-sphinx_rtd_theme' 'graphviz' 'imagemagick' 'git')
+makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'libelf' 'pahole' 'patchutils' 'flex' 'python-sphinx' 'python-sphinx_rtd_theme' 'graphviz' 'imagemagick' 'git')
 optdepends=('schedtool')
 options=('!strip')
 source=("https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${_basekernel}.tar.xz"
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ hackbase() {
   echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"
 
   msg2 "Installing modules..."
-  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" modules_install
+  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install
 
   # remove build and source links
   rm "$modulesdir"/{source,build}
@@ -274,9 +274,6 @@ hackbase() {
   sed -e "s|cleanup|${pkgbase}-cleanup|g" "${srcdir}"/90-cleanup.hook |
     install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "${pkgdir}/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/90-${pkgbase}.hook"
   install -Dm755 "${srcdir}"/cleanup "${pkgdir}/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/${pkgbase}-cleanup"
-
-  msg2 "Fixing permissions..."
-  chmod -Rc u=rwX,go=rX "$pkgdir"
 }
 
 hackheaders() {
@@ -354,8 +351,8 @@ hackheaders() {
   mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/src"
   ln -sr "$builddir" "$pkgdir/usr/src/$pkgbase"
 
-  msg2 "Fixing permissions..."
-  chmod -Rc u=rwX,go=rX "$pkgdir"
+  echo "Stripping vmlinux..."
+  strip -v $STRIP_STATIC "$builddir/vmlinux"
 
   if [ $_NUKR == "true" ]; then
     rm -rf "$srcdir" # Nuke the entire src folder so it'll get regenerated clean on next build
diff --git a/linux58-rc-tkg/PKGBUILD b/linux58-rc-tkg/PKGBUILD
index 49c62c2..bd14fc0 100644
--- a/linux58-rc-tkg/PKGBUILD
+++ b/linux58-rc-tkg/PKGBUILD
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pkgdesc='Linux-tkg'
 arch=('x86_64') # no i686 in here
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
-makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'libelf' 'patchutils' 'flex' 'python-sphinx' 'python-sphinx_rtd_theme' 'graphviz' 'imagemagick' 'git')
+makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'libelf' 'patchutils' 'pahole' 'flex' 'python-sphinx' 'python-sphinx_rtd_theme' 'graphviz' 'imagemagick' 'git')
 optdepends=('schedtool')
 options=('!strip')
 source=("https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-${_basekernel}-${_sub}.tar.gz"
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ hackbase() {
   echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"
 
   msg2 "Installing modules..."
-  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" modules_install
+  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install
 
   # remove build and source links
   rm "$modulesdir"/{source,build}
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ hackbase() {
   sed -e "s|cleanup|${pkgbase}-cleanup|g" "${srcdir}"/90-cleanup.hook |
     install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "${pkgdir}/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/90-${pkgbase}.hook"
   install -Dm755 "${srcdir}"/cleanup "${pkgdir}/usr/share/libalpm/scripts/${pkgbase}-cleanup"
-
-  msg2 "Fixing permissions..."
-  chmod -Rc u=rwX,go=rX "$pkgdir"
 }
 
 hackheaders() {
@@ -340,8 +337,8 @@ hackheaders() {
   mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/src"
   ln -sr "$builddir" "$pkgdir/usr/src/$pkgbase"
 
-  msg2 "Fixing permissions..."
-  chmod -Rc u=rwX,go=rX "$pkgdir"
+  echo "Stripping vmlinux..."
+  strip -v $STRIP_STATIC "$builddir/vmlinux"
 
   if [ $_NUKR == "true" ]; then
     rm -rf "$srcdir" # Nuke the entire src folder so it'll get regenerated clean on next build