1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.cc b/src/libutil/archive.cc
index 8fde4328c47e..999b17cd2f19 100644
--- a/src/libutil/archive.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.cc
@@ -181,8 +181,6 @@ static void parseContents(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
         left -= n;
     }
 
-    sink.finalizeContents(size);
-
     readPadding(size, source);
 }
 
@@ -317,12 +315,6 @@ struct RestoreSink : ParseSink
         writeFull(fd, data, len);
     }
 
-    void finalizeContents(unsigned long long size)
-    {
-        errno = ftruncate(fd, size);
-        if (errno) throw SysError(format("truncating file to its allocated length of %1% bytes") % size);
-    }
-
     void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target)
     {
         Path p = dstPath + path;