diff --git a/network/arptables/arptables.SlackBuild b/network/arptables/arptables.SlackBuild
index 082e176e58..8c78c167fc 100644
--- a/network/arptables/arptables.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/arptables/arptables.SlackBuild
@@ -66,14 +66,8 @@ make install \
   mv -v $PRGNAM $PRGNAM.new
 )
 
-( cd $PKG
-  find . -type f \
-    | xargs file \
-      | grep -e "executable" \
-             -e  ELF \
-        | cut -f 1 -d : \
-          | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
-)
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 if [ -d $PKG/usr/man ]; then
   gzip -9 $PKG/usr/man/man?/*