diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index 5ad4738b41..3fd8aa9cec 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -266,10 +266,12 @@ IMAGE_NAME="$DISTRONAME-$TARGET_VERSION"
       mkdir -p $TARGET_IMG
 
     # remove an previous created release tarball
-      rm -rf $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.tar.bz2
+      rm -rf $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.tar
+      rm -rf $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.tar.bz2 # to remove later
 
     # create release tarball
-      tar cjf $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.tar.bz2 -C target $IMAGE_NAME
+      tar cf $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.tar -C target $IMAGE_NAME
+      tar cjf $TARGET_IMG/$IMAGE_NAME.tar.bz2 -C target $IMAGE_NAME # to remove later
 
     # cleanup release dir
       rm -rf $RELEASE_DIR