diff --git a/app/models/image.rb b/app/models/image.rb
index 4d479d282..1f541171b 100644
--- a/app/models/image.rb
+++ b/app/models/image.rb
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ class Image < ApplicationRecord
 
   def variant(style)
     if style
-      attachment.variant(self.class.styles[style])
+      attachment.variant(self.class.styles[style].merge(strip: true))
     else
-      attachment
+      attachment.variant(strip: true)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/files/logo_header_with_metadata.jpg b/spec/fixtures/files/logo_header_with_metadata.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccc1d4ef8
Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/fixtures/files/logo_header_with_metadata.jpg differ
diff --git a/spec/system/images_spec.rb b/spec/system/images_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9732b5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/system/images_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe "Images" do
+  before { Setting["uploads.images.min_height"] = 0 }
+
+  describe "Metadata" do
+    let(:image) { create(:image, attachment: fixture_file_upload("logo_header_with_metadata.jpg")) }
+
+    scenario "download original images without metadata" do
+      visit polymorphic_path(image.variant(nil))
+
+      file = MiniMagick::Image.open(page.find("img")["src"])
+
+      expect(file.exif).to be_empty
+    end
+
+    scenario "download transformed images without metadata" do
+      visit polymorphic_path(image.variant(:large))
+
+      file = MiniMagick::Image.open(page.find("img")["src"])
+
+      expect(file.exif).to be_empty
+    end
+  end
+end