diff --git a/DeepSpeech.py b/DeepSpeech.py
index 37cf222a..1883724d 100755
--- a/DeepSpeech.py
+++ b/DeepSpeech.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from ds_ctcdecoder import ctc_beam_search_decoder, Scorer
 from evaluate import evaluate
 from six.moves import zip, range
-from tensorflow.python.tools import freeze_graph
+from tensorflow.python.tools import freeze_graph, strip_unused_lib
 from util.config import Config, initialize_globals
 from util.feeding import create_dataset, samples_to_mfccs, audiofile_to_features
 from util.flags import create_flags, FLAGS
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ def export():
             os.makedirs(FLAGS.export_dir)
 
         def do_graph_freeze(output_file=None, output_node_names=None, variables_blacklist=None):
-            return freeze_graph.freeze_graph_with_def_protos(
+            frozen = freeze_graph.freeze_graph_with_def_protos(
                 input_graph_def=tf.get_default_graph().as_graph_def(),
                 input_saver_def=saver.as_saver_def(),
                 input_checkpoint=checkpoint_path,
@@ -723,6 +723,13 @@ def export():
                 variable_names_blacklist=variables_blacklist,
                 initializer_nodes='')
 
+            input_node_names = []
+            return strip_unused_lib.strip_unused(
+                input_graph_def=frozen,
+                input_node_names=input_node_names,
+                output_node_names=output_node_names.split(','),
+                placeholder_type_enum=tf.float32.as_datatype_enum)
+
         if not FLAGS.export_tflite:
             frozen_graph = do_graph_freeze(output_node_names=output_names, variables_blacklist='previous_state_c,previous_state_h')
             frozen_graph.version = int(file_relative_read('GRAPH_VERSION').strip())