diff --git a/sea/make-tar.sh b/sea/make-tar.sh
index f5af50d0fe..0caaad57ad 100755
--- a/sea/make-tar.sh
+++ b/sea/make-tar.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ mkdir BOINC
 mkdir BOINC/locale
 find ../locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4 | awk '{print "BOINC/locale/"$0}' | xargs mkdir
 find ../locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4,5 | awk '{print "cp \"../locale/client/"$0"\" \"BOINC/locale/"$0"\""}' | sh
-tar cvvf sea.tar BOINC/
+tar cvf sea.tar BOINC
 
diff --git a/sea/make-tar_debug.sh b/sea/make-tar_debug.sh
index 8620e1de53..0ae9bb09d8 100755
--- a/sea/make-tar_debug.sh
+++ b/sea/make-tar_debug.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ mkdir BOINC_debug
 mkdir BOINC_debug/locale
 find ../locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4 | awk '{print "BOINC_debug/locale/"$0}' | xargs mkdir
 find ../locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4,5 | awk '{print "cp \"../locale/client/"$0"\" \"BOINC_debug/locale/"$0"\""}' | sh
-tar cvvf sea_debug.tar BOINC_debug/
+tar cvf sea_debug.tar BOINC_debug