diff --git a/scripts/extract b/scripts/extract
index 24fb5e2bf6..c02e260a2d 100755
--- a/scripts/extract
+++ b/scripts/extract
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ fi
 case "${PKG_SOURCE_NAME}" in
   *.tar | *.tar.bz2 | *.tbz | *.tar.gz | *.tgz | *.tar.xz | *.txz)
     mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}"
-    tar xf "${FULL_SOURCE_PATH}" "${TAR_OPTS}" -C "${DESTDIR}"
+    tar xf "${FULL_SOURCE_PATH}" ${TAR_OPTS} -C "${DESTDIR}"
     ;;
   *.tar.zst | *.tzst)
     mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}"
-    zstdcat "${FULL_SOURCE_PATH}" | tar xf - "${TAR_OPTS}" -C "${DESTDIR}"
+    zstdcat "${FULL_SOURCE_PATH}" | tar xf - ${TAR_OPTS} -C "${DESTDIR}"
     ;;
   *.7z)
     mkdir -p "${2}/${1}"
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ case "${PKG_SOURCE_NAME}" in
   *)
     FULL_DEST_PATH="${2}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}"
     mkdir "${FULL_DEST_PATH}"
-    tar cf - -C "${FULL_SOURCE_PATH}" "${PKG_TAR_COPY_OPTS}" . | tar xf - -C "${FULL_DEST_PATH}"
+    tar cf - -C "${FULL_SOURCE_PATH}" ${PKG_TAR_COPY_OPTS} . | tar xf - -C "${FULL_DEST_PATH}"
     ;;
 esac