diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/postactions.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/postactions.py
index 3b537146c5..d5080523aa 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/postactions.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/postactions.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ def list_and_fetch_failed_tests_artifacts(d, tc, artifacts_list, outputdir):
         (status, output) = tc.target.run(cmd, raw = True)
         if status != 0 or not output:
             raise Exception("Error while fetching compressed artifacts")
-        p = subprocess.run(["tar", "zxf", "-", "-C", outputdir], input=output)
+        with open(archive_name, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(output)
     except Exception as e:
         bb.warn(f"Can not retrieve artifacts from test target: {e}")