diff --git a/images/create-env/CHANGELOG.md b/images/create-env/CHANGELOG.md
index 33195a62..ae4401dd 100644
--- a/images/create-env/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/images/create-env/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
+## bioconda/create-env 3.0 (2023-10-17)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Add linux-aarch64 image; bioconda/create-env is now a multiplatform manifest.
+
+- Change to a simple "major.minor" version scheme and offer mutable "major" tag.
+
+- Drop defaults channel from included config.
+
+- Use Miniforge installer to build this image.
+
+
 ## bioconda/create-env 2.2.1 (2022-10-14)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/images/create-env/install-conda b/images/create-env/install-conda
index f065d454..a54d14b2 100755
--- a/images/create-env/install-conda
+++ b/images/create-env/install-conda
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ miniconda_boostrap_prefix="$( pwd )/miniconda"
   tmp_dir="${miniconda_boostrap_prefix}/tmp-strip"
   mkdir "${tmp_dir}"
   mv "${conda_install_prefix}/bin/"*strip "${tmp_dir}/"
+  conda run --prefix="${conda_install_prefix}" strip -- "${tmp_dir}/"*strip
   mamba remove --yes --all \
     --prefix="${conda_install_prefix}"
 
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ eval "${activate_script}"
 set -u
 unset activate_script
 
+# Run strip on find/xargs/grep beforehand as they are run in the strip pipeline.
+for prog in find xargs grep ; do
+  strip -- "$( command -v "${prog}" )"
+done
 
 # Use --conda=: to turn the `conda create` into a no-op, but do continue to
 # run strip, remove files and output the activate/execute scripts.