diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61c6caf5c9542..9c0b67f6e03f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ light-source-dist: light-source-dist.tmp
 	# Prefix everything with the current directory name (usually "julia"), then create tarball
 	DIRNAME=$$(basename $$(pwd)); \
 	sed -e "s_.*_$$DIRNAME/&_" light-source-dist.tmp > light-source-dist.tmp1; \
-	cd ../ && tar -cz -T $$DIRNAME/light-source-dist.tmp1 --no-recursion -f $$DIRNAME/julia-$(JULIA_VERSION)_$(JULIA_COMMIT).tar.gz
+	cd ../ && tar -cz --no-recursion -T $$DIRNAME/light-source-dist.tmp1 -f $$DIRNAME/julia-$(JULIA_VERSION)_$(JULIA_COMMIT).tar.gz
 
 source-dist:
 	@echo \'source-dist\' target is deprecated: use \'full-source-dist\' instead.
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ full-source-dist: light-source-dist.tmp
 	# Prefix everything with the current directory name (usually "julia"), then create tarball
 	DIRNAME=$$(basename $$(pwd)); \
 	sed -e "s_.*_$$DIRNAME/&_" full-source-dist.tmp > full-source-dist.tmp1; \
-	cd ../ && tar -cz -T $$DIRNAME/full-source-dist.tmp1 --no-recursion -f $$DIRNAME/julia-$(JULIA_VERSION)_$(JULIA_COMMIT)-full.tar.gz
+	cd ../ && tar -cz --no-recursion -T $$DIRNAME/full-source-dist.tmp1 -f $$DIRNAME/julia-$(JULIA_VERSION)_$(JULIA_COMMIT)-full.tar.gz
 
 clean: | $(CLEAN_TARGETS)
 	@-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDROOT)/base clean