diff --git a/packages/sysutils/tz/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/tz/package.mk
index 13ad20d094..bb5db80a18 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/tz/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/tz/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="tz"
-PKG_VERSION="2017c"
-PKG_SHA256="83d1c6a5910e827db88528a1a1f6f7b4ad9fe98b6076895749bf49660b02cc68"
+PKG_VERSION="2018c"
+PKG_SHA256="9c653d7b7b127d81f7db07920d1c3f7a0a7f1e5bc042d7907e01427593954e15"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="Public Domain"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.iana.org/time-zones"
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="tzdata"
 PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="CC=$HOST_CC LDFLAGS="
 
 makeinstall_target() {
-  make TOPDIR="$INSTALL" install
+  make TZDIR="$INSTALL/usr/share/zoneinfo" REDO=posix_only TOPDIR="$INSTALL" install
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/zoneinfo
-  mv $INSTALL/etc/zoneinfo/* $INSTALL/usr/share/zoneinfo
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin $INSTALL/usr/sbin
 
   rm -rf $INSTALL/etc
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc