diff --git a/tools/make-extra-dist.sh b/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
index 3a13e4c8c83e8bbc46a02064c158485e5d395581..3293886f607396bf3d6dc551a9fb6c9e7284c648 100755
--- a/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
+++ b/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ fi
 if [ -n "$ENABLE_BZIP" ]; then
     echo "  Compressing with bzip"
     ( cd $DESTDIR ; tar cf - lib ) | \
-	bzip2 -c > cmucl-$VERSION-$ARCH-$OS.extra.tar.bz2
+	bzip2 > cmucl-$VERSION-$ARCH-$OS.extra.tar.bz2
 fi
 
 echo Cleaning $DESTDIR