diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
index 2c549b803..0cd0f3929 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
@@ -494,6 +494,19 @@ fu_cabinet_set_lowercase_checksum_cb(XbBuilderFixup *builder_fixup,
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+fu_cabinet_fixup_strip_inner_text_cb(XbBuilderFixup *self,
+				     XbBuilderNode *bn,
+				     gpointer user_data,
+				     GError **error)
+{
+#if LIBXMLB_CHECK_VERSION(0, 3, 4)
+	if (xb_builder_node_get_first_child(bn) == NULL)
+		xb_builder_node_add_flag(bn, XB_BUILDER_NODE_FLAG_STRIP_TEXT);
+#endif
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
 /* adds each GCabFile to the silo */
 static gboolean
 fu_cabinet_build_silo_file(FuCabinet *self,
@@ -628,6 +641,7 @@ fu_cabinet_build_silo(FuCabinet *self, GBytes *data, GError **error)
 	g_autoptr(XbBuilderFixup) fixup1 = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(XbBuilderFixup) fixup2 = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(XbBuilderFixup) fixup3 = NULL;
+	g_autoptr(XbBuilderFixup) fixup4 = NULL;
 
 	/* verbose profiling */
 	if (g_getenv("FWUPD_XMLB_VERBOSE") != NULL) {
@@ -671,6 +685,13 @@ fu_cabinet_build_silo(FuCabinet *self, GBytes *data, GError **error)
 				      NULL);
 	xb_builder_add_fixup(self->builder, fixup3);
 
+	/* strip inner nodes without children */
+	fixup4 = xb_builder_fixup_new("TextStripInner",
+				      fu_cabinet_fixup_strip_inner_text_cb,
+				      self,
+				      NULL);
+	xb_builder_add_fixup(self->builder, fixup4);
+
 	/* did we get any valid files */
 	self->silo = xb_builder_compile(self->builder, XB_BUILDER_COMPILE_FLAG_NONE, NULL, error);
 	if (self->silo == NULL)