diff --git a/build_dist.sh b/build_dist.sh
index 546d39fc8fc4b723140c259daa793decb8cd47ea..3d07a80241c76e1c4f74cfcbb25397f29ffde41a 100755
--- a/build_dist.sh
+++ b/build_dist.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 buildDir=$1
 
-set -x
-
 # fancy shit: no wildcards in automake, add all files to be distributed with BOXMOX/KPP explicitly
 cp Makefile.am_BLUEPRINT Makefile.am
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7aa143d332f37a54fe1ade1438c3e2cd07f0779a..f67f5d2a1875035aeaf908353c62513f8f3c5623 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Finally run make to generate the project.
 
 AC_INIT([boxmox], [1.8], [christoph.knote@med.uni-augsburg.de])
 dnl we use the build type foreign here instead of gnu because I do not have a NEWS file and similar, yet.
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign tar-ustar])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign tar-pax])
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_LEX(noyywrap)
 AC_PROG_YACC