diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink b/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink
index 829b9abc91f6..6b0580949b6a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ __archpost:
 
 -include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
+include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 quiet_cmd_relocs_check = CHKREL  $@
 cmd_relocs_check = 							\
@@ -19,11 +20,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 quiet_cmd_cp_vmlinux_relocs = CPREL   vmlinux.relocs
 cmd_cp_vmlinux_relocs = cp vmlinux vmlinux.relocs
 
-quiet_cmd_relocs_strip = STRIPREL $@
-cmd_relocs_strip = $(OBJCOPY)   --remove-section='.rel.*'       \
-                                --remove-section='.rel__*'      \
-                                --remove-section='.rela.*'      \
-                                --remove-section='.rela__*' $@
 endif
 
 # `@true` prevents complaint when there is nothing to be done
@@ -33,7 +29,7 @@ vmlinux: FORCE
 ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 	$(call if_changed,relocs_check)
 	$(call if_changed,cp_vmlinux_relocs)
-	$(call if_changed,relocs_strip)
+	$(call if_changed,strip_relocs)
 endif
 
 clean:
diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile.postlink b/arch/s390/Makefile.postlink
index df82f5410769..1ae5478cd6ac 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile.postlink
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile.postlink
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ __archpost:
 
 -include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
+include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 CMD_RELOCS=arch/s390/tools/relocs
 OUT_RELOCS = arch/s390/boot
@@ -19,11 +20,6 @@ quiet_cmd_relocs = RELOCS  $(OUT_RELOCS)/relocs.S
 	mkdir -p $(OUT_RELOCS); \
 	$(CMD_RELOCS) $@ > $(OUT_RELOCS)/relocs.S
 
-quiet_cmd_strip_relocs = RSTRIP  $@
-      cmd_strip_relocs = \
-	$(OBJCOPY) --remove-section='.rel.*' --remove-section='.rel__*' \
-		   --remove-section='.rela.*' --remove-section='.rela__*' $@
-
 vmlinux: FORCE
 	$(call cmd,relocs)
 	$(call cmd,strip_relocs)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink b/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink
index fef2e977cc7d..8b8a68162c94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ __archpost:
 
 -include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
+include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 CMD_RELOCS = arch/x86/tools/relocs
 OUT_RELOCS = arch/x86/boot/compressed
@@ -20,11 +21,6 @@ quiet_cmd_relocs = RELOCS  $(OUT_RELOCS)/$@.relocs
 	$(CMD_RELOCS) $@ > $(OUT_RELOCS)/$@.relocs; \
 	$(CMD_RELOCS) --abs-relocs $@
 
-quiet_cmd_strip_relocs = RSTRIP  $@
-      cmd_strip_relocs = \
-	$(OBJCOPY) --remove-section='.rel.*' --remove-section='.rel__*' \
-		   --remove-section='.rela.*' --remove-section='.rela__*' $@
-
 # `@true` prevents complaint when there is nothing to be done
 
 vmlinux: FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 7395200538da..f604f51d23ca 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ quiet_cmd_ar = AR      $@
 quiet_cmd_objcopy = OBJCOPY $@
 cmd_objcopy = $(OBJCOPY) $(OBJCOPYFLAGS) $(OBJCOPYFLAGS_$(@F)) $< $@
 
+quiet_cmd_strip_relocs = RSTRIP  $@
+cmd_strip_relocs = $(OBJCOPY) --remove-section='.rel*' $@
+
 # Gzip
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