diff --git a/build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh b/build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh
index 3a2dcea813..1834e28fd2 100644
--- a/build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh
+++ b/build/linux/flatpak/3_dist-gimp-flatpakbuilder.sh
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ if [ "$GITLAB_CI" ]; then
   if [ -d 'repo' ]; then
     rm -fr repo
   fi
-  mkdir repo
-  tar xf repo-$ARCH.tar -C repo/ --warning=no-timestamp
+  tar xf repo-$ARCH.tar --warning=no-timestamp
 fi