diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar/run-ptest
index 185b33d61a..b4ccbbcb46 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar/run-ptest
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Define tar test work dir
-WORKDIR=@PTEST_PATH@/tests/
+cd @PTEST_PATH@/tests/
 
-# Run test
-cd ${WORKDIR}
-./atconfig ./atlocal ./testsuite
-
-# clear log
-rm -rf testsuite.dir
-rm -rf testsuite.log
+# Clear old data
+rm -rf testsuite.dir testsuite.log
 
 ./testsuite --am-fmt