diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
index 6e77051a33..0533b82d27 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ EXTRAINSTALL = "do_install_extra"
 
 do_install () {
     autotools_do_install
-    install -d ${D}${base_bindir}
     ${EXTRAINSTALL}
 }
 
 do_install_extra () {
+    install -d ${D}${base_bindir}
     mv ${D}${bindir}/tar ${D}${base_bindir}/tar.${PN}
+    rmdir ${D}${bindir}/
+    rmdir ${D}${sbindir}/
     mv ${D}${libexecdir}/rmt ${D}${libexecdir}/rmt.${PN}
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.26.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.26.bb
index 26fdc4a506..e679ccbf00 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.26.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.26.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require tar.inc
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
-PR = "r0"
+PR = "r1"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2cee42a2ff4f1cd4f9298eeeb2264519"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5a5369f464502a598e938029c310d4b3abd51e6bb8dfd045663e61c8ea9f6d41"