diff --git a/scripts/binary-tarball.nix b/scripts/binary-tarball.nix
index 671c8e96e38..9de90b7fb56 100644
--- a/scripts/binary-tarball.nix
+++ b/scripts/binary-tarball.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ runCommand "nix-binary-tarball-${version}" env ''
   fn=$out/$dir.tar.xz
   mkdir -p $out/nix-support
   echo "file binary-dist $fn" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
-  tar cvfJ $fn \
+  tar cfJ $fn \
     --owner=0 --group=0 --mode=u+rw,uga+r \
     --mtime='1970-01-01' \
     --absolute-names \