diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index 6c3e82877b..33aa8d7844 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ sstate_create_package () {
 # Will be run from within SSTATE_INSTDIR.
 #
 sstate_unpack_package () {
-	tar -xmvzf ${SSTATE_PKG}
+	tar -xvzf ${SSTATE_PKG}
 	# Use "! -w ||" to return true for read only files
 	[ ! -w ${SSTATE_PKG} ] || touch --no-dereference ${SSTATE_PKG}
 	[ ! -w ${SSTATE_PKG}.sig ] || [ ! -e ${SSTATE_PKG}.sig ] || touch --no-dereference ${SSTATE_PKG}.sig