diff --git a/iop/Rules.make b/iop/Rules.make
index aa2788bd1e8c..26f776877325 100644
--- a/iop/Rules.make
+++ b/iop/Rules.make
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ $(IOP_BIN_ELF): $(IOP_OBJS) $(IOP_LIB_ARCHIVES) $(IOP_ADDITIONAL_DEPS)
 
 $(IOP_BIN_STRIPPED_ELF): $(IOP_BIN_ELF)
 	$(DIR_GUARD)
-	$(IOP_STRIP) --strip-debug -o $@ $<
+	$(IOP_STRIP) --strip-debug --remove-section=.pdr -o $@ $<
 
 $(IOP_BIN): $(IOP_BIN_STRIPPED_ELF) $(PS2SDKSRC)/tools/srxfixup/bin/srxfixup
 	$(DIR_GUARD)
diff --git a/samples/Makefile.iopglobal_sample b/samples/Makefile.iopglobal_sample
index 79bf74347862..391ef5dd6673 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile.iopglobal_sample
+++ b/samples/Makefile.iopglobal_sample
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ $(IOP_BIN_ELF): $(IOP_OBJS)
 
 $(IOP_BIN_STRIPPED_ELF): $(IOP_BIN_ELF)
 	$(DIR_GUARD)
-	$(IOP_STRIP) --strip-debug -o $@ $<
+	$(IOP_STRIP) --strip-debug  --remove-section=.pdr -o $@ $<
 
 $(IOP_BIN): $(IOP_BIN_STRIPPED_ELF)
 	$(DIR_GUARD)