diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 452b5644e3bae..e4e77d413ea1d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ COVERAGE_INFO = baseline.info \
   test_ion_coverage.info test_ion.info
 
 dist-hook:
-	-$(GIT) archive --format=tar HEAD -- src/clientversion.cpp | $(AMTAR) -C $(top_distdir) -xJf -
+	-$(GIT) archive --format=tar HEAD -- src/clientversion.cpp | $(AMTAR) -C $(top_distdir) -xf -
 
 $(BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER): all-recursive
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/release
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index 60fbe4e01bce9..39c2b18d2bd73 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ script: |
   ./autogen.sh
   CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/`echo "${HOSTS}" | awk '{print $1;}'`/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
   make dist
-  SOURCEDIST=`echo ion-*.tar.xz`
+  SOURCEDIST=`echo ion-*.tar.gz`
   DISTNAME=`echo ${SOURCEDIST} | sed 's/.tar.*//'`
   # Correct tar file order
   mkdir -p temp
   pushd temp
-  tar xJf ../$SOURCEDIST
+  tar xf ../$SOURCEDIST
   find ion-* | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | xz -9 > ../$SOURCEDIST
   popd
 
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index 89b5ade343a76..3729c8464a05b 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ script: |
   ./autogen.sh
   CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/`echo "${HOSTS}" | awk '{print $1;}'`/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
   make dist
-  SOURCEDIST=`echo ion-*.tar.xz`
+  SOURCEDIST=`echo ion-*.tar.gz`
   DISTNAME=`echo ${SOURCEDIST} | sed 's/.tar.*//'`
 
   # Correct tar file order
   mkdir -p temp
   pushd temp
-  tar xJf ../$SOURCEDIST
+  tar xf ../$SOURCEDIST
   find ion-* | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | xz -9 > ../$SOURCEDIST
   popd
 
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 0d23e55d005e4..bcc03b2b665d0 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ script: |
   ./autogen.sh
   CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/`echo "${HOSTS}" | awk '{print $1;}'`/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
   make dist
-  SOURCEDIST=`echo ion-*.tar.xz`
+  SOURCEDIST=`echo ion-*.tar.gz`
   DISTNAME=`echo ${SOURCEDIST} | sed 's/.tar.*//'`
 
   # Correct tar file order
   mkdir -p temp
   pushd temp
-  tar xJf ../$SOURCEDIST
+  tar xf ../$SOURCEDIST
   find ion-* | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | xz -9 > ../$SOURCEDIST
   mkdir -p $OUTDIR/src
   cp ../$SOURCEDIST $OUTDIR/src