diff --git a/astronaut/pacman-astronaut b/astronaut/pacman-astronaut
index 7950d0d..8423dcc 100755
--- a/astronaut/pacman-astronaut
+++ b/astronaut/pacman-astronaut
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ EOF
 
 bsdtar --strip-components 1 -C "$dir_install" -czf .MTREE --format=mtree --options='!all,use-set,type,uid,gid,mode,time,size,md5,sha256,link' .
 mv .MTREE "$dir_install/.MTREE"  # bsdtar doesn't like the file being in the same directory.
-fakeroot -- bsdtar --strip-components 1 -C "$dir_install" -cf - . | xz -c -z - > "$_satname-$version-astro-$(uname -m).pkg.tar.xz"
-repo-add astronaut.db.tar.gz "$_satname-$version-astro-$(uname -m).pkg.tar.xz"
+fakeroot -- bsdtar --strip-components 1 -C "$dir_install" -cf - . > "$_satname-$version-astro-$(uname -m).pkg.tar"
+repo-add astronaut.db.tar.gz "$_satname-$version-astro-$(uname -m).pkg.tar"
diff --git a/astronaut/xbps-astronaut b/astronaut/xbps-astronaut
index b0c2cbd..8a2cf53 100755
--- a/astronaut/xbps-astronaut
+++ b/astronaut/xbps-astronaut
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ _nuke_dir_install=true
 
 # _dir_xbps should be set from a configuration file (e.g. ~/.astronaut.conf), and points to wherever you want your packages to be placed.
 [ "$_dir_xbps" ] && mkdir -p "$_dir_xbps" && cd "$_dir_xbps" || cd "$_topdir"
-xbps-create -A "$(uname -m)" -n "$_satname-${version}_astro" -s "Generated with xbps-astronaut" -H "$update_url" "$dir_install"
+xbps-create --compression none -A "$(uname -m)" -n "$_satname-${version}_astro" -s "Generated with xbps-astronaut" -H "$update_url" "$dir_install"
 xbps-rindex -f -a "$_satname-${version}_astro.$(uname -m).xbps"