diff --git a/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass b/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
index fd06c4a434..40c3138d5b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ do_prep_locale_tree() {
 	treedir=${WORKDIR}/locale-tree
 	rm -rf $treedir
 	mkdir -p $treedir/${base_bindir} $treedir/${base_libdir} $treedir/${datadir} $treedir/${localedir}
-	tar -cf - -C ${LOCALETREESRC}${datadir} -ps i18n | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${datadir}
+	tar -cf - -C ${LOCALETREESRC}${datadir} -p i18n | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${datadir}
 	# unzip to avoid parsing errors
 	for i in $treedir/${datadir}/i18n/charmaps/*gz; do 
 		gunzip $i
 	done
-	tar -cf - -C ${LOCALETREESRC}${base_libdir} -ps . | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${base_libdir}
+	tar -cf - -C ${LOCALETREESRC}${base_libdir} -p . | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${base_libdir}
 	if [ -f ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${prefix_native}/lib/libgcc_s.* ]; then
-		tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/${prefix_native}/${base_libdir} -ps libgcc_s.* | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${base_libdir}
+		tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/${prefix_native}/${base_libdir} -p libgcc_s.* | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${base_libdir}
 	fi
 	install -m 0755 ${LOCALETREESRC}${bindir}/localedef $treedir/${base_bindir}
 }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ do_collect_bins_from_locale_tree() {
 
 	parent=$(dirname ${localedir})
 	mkdir -p ${PKGD}/$parent
-	tar -cf - -C $treedir/$parent -ps $(basename ${localedir}) | tar -xf - -C ${PKGD}$parent
+	tar -cf - -C $treedir/$parent -p $(basename ${localedir}) | tar -xf - -C ${PKGD}$parent
 }
 
 inherit qemu
diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index c98c6ec4eb..5b1e902c07 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ python perform_packagecopy () {
     # Start by package population by taking a copy of the installed
     # files to operate on
     # Preserve sparse files and hard links
-    cmd = 'tar -cf - -C %s -ps . | tar -xf - -C %s' % (dest, dvar)
+    cmd = 'tar -cf - -C %s -p . | tar -xf - -C %s' % (dest, dvar)
     (retval, output) = oe.utils.getstatusoutput(cmd)
     if retval:
         bb.fatal("file copy failed with exit code %s (cmd was %s)%s" % (retval, cmd, ":\n%s" % output if output else ""))
diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
index ec116ab187..ebb842ba86 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ populate_sdk_post_deb () {
 	local target_rootfs=$1
 
 	mkdir -p ${target_rootfs}/etc
-	tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE} -ps apt | tar -xf - -C ${target_rootfs}/etc
+	tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE} -p apt | tar -xf - -C ${target_rootfs}/etc
 }
 
 populate_sdk_deb () {
diff --git a/meta/classes/staging.bbclass b/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
index b522c7da9f..ae1c546ad6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sysroot_stage_dir() {
 	# However we always want to stage a $src itself, even if it's empty
 	mkdir -p "$dest"
 	if [ -d "$src" ]; then
-		tar -cf - -C "$src" -ps . | tar -xf - -C "$dest"
+		tar -cf - -C "$src" -p . | tar -xf - -C "$dest"
 	fi
 }