diff --git a/src/compilation/build.sh b/src/compilation/build.sh
index 78181a4..24f7672 100755
--- a/src/compilation/build.sh
+++ b/src/compilation/build.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ function set_compliation_variables() {
 
     export CFLAGS="-O2"
     export CXXFLAGS="-O2"
+
+    # Strip the binary to reduce it's size.
+    export LDFLAGS="-s"
 }
 
 function set_ncurses_link_variables() {
diff --git a/src/submodule_packages/cpython-static b/src/submodule_packages/cpython-static
index d734d02..7ffd428 160000
--- a/src/submodule_packages/cpython-static
+++ b/src/submodule_packages/cpython-static
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d734d02f4ce9ca77aa6708bf5bd16429e147e9ef
+Subproject commit 7ffd428d5b945b3baf5d5f6f856bdeb3bc8377a9