diff --git a/Neos.Media/Classes/Domain/Service/ImageService.php b/Neos.Media/Classes/Domain/Service/ImageService.php
index ecbe0a245ba..fc4a8e46c5d 100644
--- a/Neos.Media/Classes/Domain/Service/ImageService.php
+++ b/Neos.Media/Classes/Domain/Service/ImageService.php
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ public function processImage(PersistentResource $originalResource, array $adjust
             $imagineImage->usePalette(new RGB());
         }
 
+        $imagineImage->strip();
+
         if ($this->imagineService instanceof Imagine && $originalResource->getFileExtension() === 'gif' && $this->isAnimatedGif(file_get_contents($resourceUri)) === true) {
             $imagineImage->layers()->coalesce();
             $layers = $imagineImage->layers();