diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_bsd.go b/pkg/archive/archive_bsd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d362f0750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_bsd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build freebsd || darwin
+// +build freebsd darwin
+
+package archive
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+func handleLChmod(hdr *tar.Header, path string, hdrInfo os.FileInfo, forceMask *os.FileMode) error {
+	permissionsMask := hdrInfo.Mode()
+	if forceMask != nil {
+		permissionsMask = *forceMask
+	}
+	return unix.Fchmodat(unix.AT_FDCWD, path, uint32(permissionsMask), unix.AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_freebsd.go b/pkg/archive/archive_freebsd.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 36017c3bf0..0000000000
--- a/pkg/archive/archive_freebsd.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-//go:build freebsd
-// +build freebsd
-
-package archive
-
-import (
-	"archive/tar"
-	"errors"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"syscall"
-	"unsafe"
-
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/idtools"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/system"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/unshare"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-)
-
-// fixVolumePathPrefix does platform specific processing to ensure that if
-// the path being passed in is not in a volume path format, convert it to one.
-func fixVolumePathPrefix(srcPath string) string {
-	return srcPath
-}
-
-// getWalkRoot calculates the root path when performing a TarWithOptions.
-// We use a separate function as this is platform specific. On Linux, we
-// can't use filepath.Join(srcPath,include) because this will clean away
-// a trailing "." or "/" which may be important.
-func getWalkRoot(srcPath string, include string) string {
-	return srcPath + string(filepath.Separator) + include
-}
-
-// CanonicalTarNameForPath returns platform-specific filepath
-// to canonical posix-style path for tar archival. p is relative
-// path.
-func CanonicalTarNameForPath(p string) (string, error) {
-	return p, nil // already unix-style
-}
-
-// chmodTarEntry is used to adjust the file permissions used in tar header based
-// on the platform the archival is done.
-func chmodTarEntry(perm os.FileMode) os.FileMode {
-	return perm // noop for unix as golang APIs provide perm bits correctly
-}
-
-func setHeaderForSpecialDevice(hdr *tar.Header, name string, stat interface{}) (err error) {
-	s, ok := stat.(*syscall.Stat_t)
-
-	if ok {
-		// Currently go does not fill in the major/minors
-		if s.Mode&unix.S_IFBLK != 0 ||
-			s.Mode&unix.S_IFCHR != 0 {
-			hdr.Devmajor = int64(major(uint64(s.Rdev))) // nolint: unconvert
-			hdr.Devminor = int64(minor(uint64(s.Rdev))) // nolint: unconvert
-		}
-	}
-
-	return
-}
-
-func getInodeFromStat(stat interface{}) (inode uint64, err error) {
-	s, ok := stat.(*syscall.Stat_t)
-
-	if ok {
-		inode = s.Ino
-	}
-
-	return
-}
-
-func getFileUIDGID(stat interface{}) (idtools.IDPair, error) {
-	s, ok := stat.(*syscall.Stat_t)
-
-	if !ok {
-		return idtools.IDPair{}, errors.New("cannot convert stat value to syscall.Stat_t")
-	}
-	return idtools.IDPair{UID: int(s.Uid), GID: int(s.Gid)}, nil
-}
-
-func major(device uint64) uint64 {
-	return (device >> 8) & 0xfff
-}
-
-func minor(device uint64) uint64 {
-	return (device & 0xff) | ((device >> 12) & 0xfff00)
-}
-
-// handleTarTypeBlockCharFifo is an OS-specific helper function used by
-// createTarFile to handle the following types of header: Block; Char; Fifo
-func handleTarTypeBlockCharFifo(hdr *tar.Header, path string) error {
-	if unshare.IsRootless() {
-		// cannot create a device if running in user namespace
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	mode := uint32(hdr.Mode & 07777)
-	switch hdr.Typeflag {
-	case tar.TypeBlock:
-		mode |= unix.S_IFBLK
-	case tar.TypeChar:
-		mode |= unix.S_IFCHR
-	case tar.TypeFifo:
-		mode |= unix.S_IFIFO
-	}
-
-	return system.Mknod(path, mode, uint64(system.Mkdev(hdr.Devmajor, hdr.Devminor)))
-}
-
-func handleLChmod(hdr *tar.Header, path string, hdrInfo os.FileInfo, forceMask *os.FileMode) error {
-	permissionsMask := hdrInfo.Mode()
-	if forceMask != nil {
-		permissionsMask = *forceMask
-	}
-	p, err := unix.BytePtrFromString(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	_, _, e1 := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_LCHMOD, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(p)), uintptr(permissionsMask), 0)
-	if e1 != 0 {
-		return e1
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Hardlink without following symlinks
-func handleLLink(targetPath string, path string) error {
-	return unix.Linkat(unix.AT_FDCWD, targetPath, unix.AT_FDCWD, path, 0)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_linux.go b/pkg/archive/archive_linux.go
index 51fbd9a219..36e5d4bc2f 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_linux.go
@@ -189,3 +189,22 @@ func GetFileOwner(path string) (uint32, uint32, uint32, error) {
 	}
 	return 0, 0, uint32(f.Mode()), nil
 }
+
+func handleLChmod(hdr *tar.Header, path string, hdrInfo os.FileInfo, forceMask *os.FileMode) error {
+	permissionsMask := hdrInfo.Mode()
+	if forceMask != nil {
+		permissionsMask = *forceMask
+	}
+	if hdr.Typeflag == tar.TypeLink {
+		if fi, err := os.Lstat(hdr.Linkname); err == nil && (fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0) {
+			if err := os.Chmod(path, permissionsMask); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	} else if hdr.Typeflag != tar.TypeSymlink {
+		if err := os.Chmod(path, permissionsMask); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go b/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go
index d0fb330664..05a36d4df8 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//go:build !windows && !freebsd
-// +build !windows,!freebsd
+//go:build !windows
+// +build !windows
 
 package archive
 
@@ -101,25 +101,6 @@ func handleTarTypeBlockCharFifo(hdr *tar.Header, path string) error {
 	return system.Mknod(path, mode, system.Mkdev(hdr.Devmajor, hdr.Devminor))
 }
 
-func handleLChmod(hdr *tar.Header, path string, hdrInfo os.FileInfo, forceMask *os.FileMode) error {
-	permissionsMask := hdrInfo.Mode()
-	if forceMask != nil {
-		permissionsMask = *forceMask
-	}
-	if hdr.Typeflag == tar.TypeLink {
-		if fi, err := os.Lstat(hdr.Linkname); err == nil && (fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0) {
-			if err := os.Chmod(path, permissionsMask); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	} else if hdr.Typeflag != tar.TypeSymlink {
-		if err := os.Chmod(path, permissionsMask); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Hardlink without symlinks
 func handleLLink(targetPath, path string) error {
 	// Note: on Linux, the link syscall will not follow symlinks.