diff --git a/internal/manifest/build.go b/internal/manifest/build.go
index 22161a9ed..fc4e2e412 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/build.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/build.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ func (p *BuildPipeline) getPackageSetChain() []rpmmd.PackageSet {
 		"selinux-policy-targeted",
 		"coreutils",
 		"systemd",
-		"tar",
 		"xz",
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/manifest/oci_container.go b/internal/manifest/oci_container.go
index 835f5d9f2..825c4134e 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/oci_container.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/oci_container.go
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ func (p *OCIContainerPipeline) serialize() osbuild2.Pipeline {
 
 	return pipeline
 }
+
+func (p *OCIContainerPipeline) getBuildPackages() []string {
+	return []string{"tar"}
+}
diff --git a/internal/manifest/tar.go b/internal/manifest/tar.go
index 31f0b2edd..c175ced69 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/tar.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/tar.go
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ func (p *TarPipeline) serialize() osbuild2.Pipeline {
 
 	return pipeline
 }
+
+func (p *TarPipeline) getBuildPackages() []string {
+	return []string{"tar"}
+}