diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 24ac7786db..5fef446fb6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-inherit linux-kernel-base module_strip kernel-module-split
+inherit linux-kernel-base kernel-module-split
 
 PROVIDES += "virtual/kernel"
 DEPENDS += "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc kmod-native depmodwrapper-cross"
diff --git a/meta/classes/module-base.bbclass b/meta/classes/module-base.bbclass
index 1589a90bec..9537ba9f43 100644
--- a/meta/classes/module-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/module-base.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-inherit module_strip
-
 inherit kernel-arch
 
 export OS = "${TARGET_OS}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/module_strip.bbclass b/meta/classes/module_strip.bbclass
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000