diff --git a/freezer/engine/tar/tar_builders.py b/freezer/engine/tar/tar_builders.py
index 49af6f3d..6c3bad14 100644
--- a/freezer/engine/tar/tar_builders.py
+++ b/freezer/engine/tar/tar_builders.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class TarCommandRestoreBuilder(object):
     DRY_RUN_TEMPLATE = '{0} {1} --incremental --list ' \
         '--ignore-zeros --warning=none'
     UNIX_TEMPLATE = '{0} {1} --incremental --extract --unlink-first ' \
-        '--ignore-zeros --warning=none --overwrite --directory {2}'
+        '--ignore-zeros --warning=none --directory {2}'
     OPENSSL_DEC = "{openssl_path} enc -d -aes-256-cfb -pass file:{file}"
 
     def __init__(self, restore_path, compression_algo, is_windows,
diff --git a/tests/unit/engines/tar/test_tar_builders.py b/tests/unit/engines/tar/test_tar_builders.py
index 9d54cb0a..e8f2d778 100644
--- a/tests/unit/engines/tar/test_tar_builders.py
+++ b/tests/unit/engines/tar/test_tar_builders.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class TestTarCommandRestoreBuilder(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(
             self.builder.build(),
             "gnutar -z --incremental --extract --unlink-first --ignore-zeros "
-            "--warning=none --overwrite --directory restore_path")
+            "--warning=none --directory restore_path")
 
     def test_dry_run(self):
         self.builder.set_dry_run()
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class TestTarCommandRestoreBuilder(unittest.TestCase):
             self.builder.build(),
             "openssl enc -d -aes-256-cfb -pass file:encrypt_pass_file | gnutar "
             "-z --incremental --extract --unlink-first --ignore-zeros"
-            " --warning=none --overwrite --directory restore_path")
+            " --warning=none --directory restore_path")
 
     def test_all_args_windows(self):
         self.builder = tar_builders.TarCommandRestoreBuilder(