diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 6f01cf669..02fce0ff2 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ build_task:
     fingerprint_script: cat postgrest.cabal stack.yaml.lock
     reupload_on_changes: false
 
-  build_script: stack build -j 1 --local-bin-path . --copy-bins
+  build_script: |
+    stack build -j 1 --local-bin-path . --copy-bins
+    strip postgrest
+
   bin_artifacts:
     path: postgrest
diff --git a/.github/scripts/arm/build.sh b/.github/scripts/arm/build.sh
index 989a3cdaf..ea9e349b7 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/arm/build.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/arm/build.sh
@@ -55,10 +55,14 @@ cd ~/$SCRIPT_DIR
 git clone https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest.git
 cd postgrest
 git checkout $PGRST_GITHUB_COMMIT
+cp cabal.project.non-nix cabal.project
 cabal v2-update && cabal v2-build
 
-# Copy the built binary to the Dockerfile directory
+# Strip unused symbols from executable
 PGRST_BIN=$(cabal exec which postgrest | tail -1)
+strip $PGRST_BIN
+
+# Copy the built binary to the Dockerfile directory
 cp $PGRST_BIN ~/$DOCKER_BUILD_DIR
 
 # Move and compress the built binary
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index a8b8ab357..11a239b5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ jobs:
         run: ${{ matrix.deps }}
       - name: Build with Stack
         run: stack build --local-bin-path result --copy-bins
+      - name: Strip Executable
+        run: strip result/postgrest*
       - name: Save built executable as artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/cabal.project.non-nix b/cabal.project.non-nix
index f37e81ef1..a18204e74 100644
--- a/cabal.project.non-nix
+++ b/cabal.project.non-nix
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 packages: .
 
+package *
+  ghc-options: -split-sections
+
 -- Example of depending on a forked repository (the same dependency
 -- would be mentioned in nix/overlays/haskell-packages.nix and
 -- stack.yaml, and should refer to a main branch commit of the