diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 0cb638a7f..bca5a0906 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -576,10 +576,6 @@ static int readTarFile(int tarFd, int extractFlag, int listFlag,
 	TarHeader rawHeader;
 	TarInfo header;
 
-	/* Set the umask for this process so it doesn't 
-	 * screw up permission setting for us later. */
-	umask(0);
-
 	/* Read the tar file, and iterate over it one file at a time */
 	while ( (status = full_read(tarFd, (char*)&rawHeader, TAR_BLOCK_SIZE)) == TAR_BLOCK_SIZE ) {
 
@@ -1109,10 +1105,6 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int verboseFlag, char **argv,
 	if (fstat(tbInfo.tarFd, &tbInfo.statBuf) < 0)
 		error_msg_and_die(io_error, tarName, strerror(errno)); 
 
-	/* Set the umask for this process so it doesn't 
-	 * screw up permission setting for us later. */
-	umask(0);
-
 	/* Read the directory/files and iterate over them one at a time */
 	while (*argv != NULL) {
 		if (recursive_action(*argv++, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,
diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 0cb638a7f..bca5a0906 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -576,10 +576,6 @@ static int readTarFile(int tarFd, int extractFlag, int listFlag,
 	TarHeader rawHeader;
 	TarInfo header;
 
-	/* Set the umask for this process so it doesn't 
-	 * screw up permission setting for us later. */
-	umask(0);
-
 	/* Read the tar file, and iterate over it one file at a time */
 	while ( (status = full_read(tarFd, (char*)&rawHeader, TAR_BLOCK_SIZE)) == TAR_BLOCK_SIZE ) {
 
@@ -1109,10 +1105,6 @@ static int writeTarFile(const char* tarName, int verboseFlag, char **argv,
 	if (fstat(tbInfo.tarFd, &tbInfo.statBuf) < 0)
 		error_msg_and_die(io_error, tarName, strerror(errno)); 
 
-	/* Set the umask for this process so it doesn't 
-	 * screw up permission setting for us later. */
-	umask(0);
-
 	/* Read the directory/files and iterate over them one at a time */
 	while (*argv != NULL) {
 		if (recursive_action(*argv++, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE,