diff --git a/lib/unpack.c b/lib/unpack.c
index 2997e224508..8f74449a664 100644
--- a/lib/unpack.c
+++ b/lib/unpack.c
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ unpack_archive_init(prop_dictionary_t pkg, const char *destdir,
 #define EXTRACT_FLAGS	ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NODOTDOT | \
 			ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_SYMLINKS | \
 			ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_NO_OVERWRITE | \
-			ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_NO_OVERWRITE_NEWER | \
-			ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SPARSE
+			ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_NO_OVERWRITE_NEWER
 #define FEXTRACT_FLAGS	ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_OWNER | ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_PERM | \
 			ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME | EXTRACT_FLAGS