diff --git a/lib/backup_restore/backup_file_handler.rb b/lib/backup_restore/backup_file_handler.rb
index c5e37024880..7b26356989e 100644
--- a/lib/backup_restore/backup_file_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/backup_restore/backup_file_handler.rb
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ module BackupRestore
       return if !@is_archive
 
       log "Unzipping archive, this may take a while..."
-      pipeline = Compression::Pipeline.new([Compression::Tar.new, Compression::Gzip.new])
-      unzipped_path = pipeline.decompress(@tmp_directory, @archive_path, available_size)
-      pipeline.strip_directory(unzipped_path, @tmp_directory)
+      Discourse::Utils.execute_command(
+        'tar', '--extract', '--gzip', '--file', @archive_path, '--directory', @tmp_directory,
+        failure_message: "Failed to decompress archive."
+      )
     end
 
     def extract_db_dump