diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.sh
index c4f5f55bc451..1cf0df1c2556 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.sh
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ cp $bash/bin/bash $out/in-nixpkgs
 nukeRefs $out/in-nixpkgs/bash
 cp $bzip2/bin/bunzip2 $out/in-nixpkgs
 cp $coreutils/bin/cp $out/in-nixpkgs
-bzip2 < $curl/bin/curl > $out/in-nixpkgs/curl.bz2
 cp $gnutar/bin/tar $out/in-nixpkgs
 nukeRefs $out/in-nixpkgs/tar
-bzip2 $out/in-nixpkgs/tar
-chmod +x $out/in-nixpkgs/*.bz2
 
 
 # Create the tools tarball.
@@ -125,6 +122,10 @@ done
 
 
 # Pack, unpack everything.
+bzip2 < $curl/bin/curl > $out/in-nixpkgs/curl.bz2
+bzip2 $out/in-nixpkgs/tar
+chmod +x $out/in-nixpkgs/*.bz2
+
 tar cfj $out/on-server/static-tools.tar.bz2 tools
 tar cfj $out/on-server/binutils.tar.bz2 binutils
 tar cfj $out/on-server/gcc.tar.bz2 gcc