diff --git a/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.31.11.ebuild b/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.31.11.ebuild
index 3de126254891a..ad2e66812e04f 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.31.11.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.31.11.ebuild
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.23.0"
 RESTRICT+=" test"
 S="${WORKDIR}/kubernetes-${PV}"
 
+QA_PRESTRIPPED=usr/bin/kube-apiserver
+
 src_compile() {
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(usex hardened '-fNO-PIC ' '')" FORCE_HOST_GO="yes" \
 		emake -j1 GOFLAGS=-v GOLDFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" WHAT=cmd/${PN}
diff --git a/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.32.7.ebuild b/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.32.7.ebuild
index 9b58d1869a56c..c03e630773e5f 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.32.7.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.32.7.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.23.3"
 
+QA_PRESTRIPPED=usr/bin/kube-apiserver
+
 src_compile() {
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(usex hardened '-fNO-PIC ' '')" FORCE_HOST_GO="yes" \
 		emake -j1 GOFLAGS="${GOFLAGS}" GOLDFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" WHAT=cmd/${PN}
diff --git a/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.33.3.ebuild b/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.33.3.ebuild
index 81ea2afb425ed..d4d42f3c4af51 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.33.3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver-1.33.3.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.24.0"
 
+QA_PRESTRIPPED=usr/bin/kube-apiserver
+
 src_compile() {
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(usex hardened '-fNO-PIC ' '')" FORCE_HOST_GO="yes" \
 		emake -j1 GOFLAGS="${GOFLAGS}" GOLDFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" WHAT=cmd/${PN}