diff --git a/Kwf/Media/Image.php b/Kwf/Media/Image.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Kwf/Media/Image.php
+++ b/Kwf/Media/Image.php
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ class Kwf_Media_Image
     private function _processCommonImagickSettings($im)
     {
         $im->setImageColorspace(Imagick::COLORSPACE_RGB);
+        $im->stripImage();
         $im->setImageCompressionQuality(90);
         $version = $im->getVersion();
         if (isset($version['versionNumber']) && (int)$version['versionNumber'] >= 1632) {
strip image to get a much smaller images