diff --git a/src/NWints/simint/libsimint_source/build_simint.sh b/src/NWints/simint/libsimint_source/build_simint.sh
index b6b11e02c7..e92e29a05a 100755
--- a/src/NWints/simint/libsimint_source/build_simint.sh
+++ b/src/NWints/simint/libsimint_source/build_simint.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ if  [ -z "$(command -v patch)" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 UNAME_S=$(uname -s)
+if [ ! -z "${CONDA_TOOLCHAIN_HOST}" ]; then
+    arch=$(echo $CONDA_TOOLCHAIN_HOST | cut -d - -f 1)
+else
+    arch=$(uname -m)
+fi
 if [[ ${UNAME_S} == Linux ]]; then
     CPU_FLAGS=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flags |tail -n 1)
     CPU_FLAGS_2=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flags |tail -n 1)
@@ -245,7 +250,9 @@ cd ../..
 echo ln -sf  simint.l${SIMINT_MAXAM}_p${PERMUTE_SLOW}_d${DERIV}.install simint_install
 ln -sf  simint.l${SIMINT_MAXAM}_p${PERMUTE_SLOW}_d${DERIV}.install simint_install
 cd simint_install/lib
-strip --strip-debug libsimint.a
+if [[ "$arch" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+    strip --strip-debug libsimint.a
+fi
 ln -sf libsimint.a libnwc_simint.a
 export SIMINT_HOME=${SRC_HOME}/simint.l${SIMINT_MAXAM}_p${PERMUTE_SLOW}_d${DERIV}.install
 echo 'SIMINT library built with maximum angular momentum='${SIMINT_MAXAM}
diff --git a/src/libext/tblite/build_tblite_cmake.sh b/src/libext/tblite/build_tblite_cmake.sh
index d2d8ba714f..bcc713a049 100755
--- a/src/libext/tblite/build_tblite_cmake.sh
+++ b/src/libext/tblite/build_tblite_cmake.sh
@@ -219,7 +219,15 @@ fi
 $CMAKE --install _build
 
 cd ..
+
+if [ ! -z "${CONDA_TOOLCHAIN_HOST}" ]; then
+    arch=$(echo $CONDA_TOOLCHAIN_HOST | cut -d - -f 1)
+else
+    arch=$(uname -m)
+fi
 if [[ $(uname -s) == "Linux" ]]; then
-    strip --strip-debug ../lib/libtblite.a
+    if [[ "$arch" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+	strip --strip-debug ../lib/libtblite.a
+    fi
 fi
 ln -sf  ../lib/libtblite.a  ../lib/libnwc_tblite.a