diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 30658b57..84221d0f 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -1256,17 +1256,6 @@ create_package() {
 	# tar it up
 	msg2 "$(gettext "Compressing package...")"
 
-	local EXT
-	case "$PKGEXT" in
-		*tar.gz)  EXT=${PKGEXT%.gz} ;;
-		*tar.bz2) EXT=${PKGEXT%.bz2} ;;
-		*tar.xz)  EXT=${PKGEXT%.xz} ;;
-		*tar.Z)   EXT=${PKGEXT%.Z} ;;
-		*tar)     EXT=${PKGEXT} ;;
-		*) warning "$(gettext "'%s' is not a valid archive extension.")" \
-		"$PKGEXT" ; EXT=$PKGEXT ;;
-	esac
-
 	local fullver=$(get_full_version)
 	local pkg_file="$PKGDEST/${nameofpkg}-${fullver}-${PKGARCH}${PKGEXT}"
 	local ret=0
@@ -1279,13 +1268,18 @@ create_package() {
 	shopt -s nullglob
 	# TODO: Maybe this can be set globally for robustness
 	shopt -s -o pipefail
+	# bsdtar's gzip compression always saves the time stamp, making one
+	# archive created using the same command line distinct from another.
+	# Disable bsdtar compression and use gzip -n for now.
 	bsdtar -cf - $comp_files * |
 	case "$PKGEXT" in
-	    *tar.gz)  gzip -c -f -n ;;
-	    *tar.bz2) bzip2 -c -f ;;
-	    *tar.xz)  xz -c -z - ;;
-	    *tar.Z)   compress -c -f ;;
-	    *tar)     cat ;;
+		*tar.gz)  gzip -c -f -n ;;
+		*tar.bz2) bzip2 -c -f ;;
+		*tar.xz)  xz -c -z - ;;
+		*tar.Z)   compress -c -f ;;
+		*tar)     cat ;;
+		*) warning "$(gettext "'%s' is not a valid archive extension.")" \
+			"$PKGEXT"; cat ;;
 	esac > "${pkg_file}" || ret=$?
 
 	shopt -u nullglob