diff --git a/tools/make-extra-dist.sh b/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
index 3293886f607396bf3d6dc551a9fb6c9e7284c648..1523346c2b7156ec41cc6862b996e0616a37e4bf 100755
--- a/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
+++ b/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ sync ; sleep 1 ; sync ; sleep 1 ; sync
 echo Tarring extra components
 if [ -n "$ENABLE_GZIP" ]; then
     echo "  Compressing with gzip"
-    ( cd $DESTDIR ; tar cf - lib ) | \
+    ( cd $DESTDIR >/dev/null ; tar cf - lib ) | \
 	gzip -c > cmucl-$VERSION-$ARCH-$OS.extra.tar.gz
 fi
 if [ -n "$ENABLE_BZIP" ]; then
     echo "  Compressing with bzip"
-    ( cd $DESTDIR ; tar cf - lib ) | \
+    ( cd $DESTDIR >/dev/null ; tar cf - lib ) | \
 	bzip2 > cmucl-$VERSION-$ARCH-$OS.extra.tar.bz2
 fi
 
diff --git a/tools/make-main-dist.sh b/tools/make-main-dist.sh
index acad2b7a147e13bd760416adfea11828ad9b033c..367c63b4e0e3c4e372162fb21c56594132be26ac 100755
--- a/tools/make-main-dist.sh
+++ b/tools/make-main-dist.sh
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ sync ; sleep 1 ; sync ; sleep 1 ; sync
 echo Tarring main components
 if [ -n "$ENABLE_GZIP" ]; then
     echo "  Compressing with gzip"
-    ( cd $DESTDIR ; tar cf - bin doc lib man ) | \
+    ( cd $DESTDIR >/dev/null ; tar cf - bin doc lib man ) | \
 	gzip -c > cmucl-$VERSION-$ARCH-$OS.tar.gz
 fi
 if [ -n "$ENABLE_BZIP" ]; then
     echo "  Compressing with bzip"
-    ( cd $DESTDIR ; tar cf - bin doc lib man ) | \
+    ( cd $DESTDIR >/dev/null ; tar cf - bin doc lib man ) | \
 	bzip2 > cmucl-$VERSION-$ARCH-$OS.tar.bz2
 fi