diff --git a/groups/211.native_packages_cmdline.group b/groups/211.native_packages_cmdline.group
index 9dc8bd8..032d7ed 100644
--- a/groups/211.native_packages_cmdline.group
+++ b/groups/211.native_packages_cmdline.group
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ the_silver_searcher toilet tree terminally_tetris ubase which zsh")";
 : ${PKG_SLOCCOUNT_URL:=https://www.dwheeler.com/sloccount/sloccount-${PKG_SLOCCOUNT_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_SLOCCOUNT_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_SLOCCOUNT_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:="PREFIX=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
-: ${PKG_TAR_SHA256SUM:=63bebd26879c5e1eea4352f0d03c991f966aeb3ddeb3c7445c902568d5411d28};
-: ${PKG_TAR_VERSION:=1.34};
+: ${PKG_TAR_SHA256SUM:=66a8344b1dc83a411d311bd1547e0176e56cc311f28ee94a30f84dafb3d9067e};
+: ${PKG_TAR_VERSION:=1.33};
 : ${PKG_TAR_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-${PKG_TAR_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_TCSH_DEPENDS:="ncurses"};
 : ${PKG_TCSH_SHA256SUM:=69fef68006ba219d1c156ea810e9781c416d2e9a1d2f1a6f91e44a529ec97dfe};
diff --git a/patches/tar-1.33.local.patch b/patches/tar-1.33.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..557fbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/tar-1.33.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -ru tar-1.32.orig/src/extract.c tar-1.32/src/extract.c
+--- tar-1.32.orig/src/extract.c	2019-01-13 20:44:05.000000000 +0100
++++ tar-1.32/src/extract.c	2020-01-04 17:16:01.308739492 +0100
+@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@
+ }
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if HAVE_MKFIFO || defined mkfifo
++#if 0
+ static int
+ extract_fifo (char *file_name, int typeflag)
+ {
+@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@
+       break;
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if HAVE_MKFIFO || defined mkfifo
++#if 0
+     case FIFOTYPE:
+       *fun = extract_fifo;
+       break;
diff --git a/patches/tar-1.34.local.patch b/patches/tar-1.34.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 557fbce..0000000
--- a/patches/tar-1.34.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru tar-1.32.orig/src/extract.c tar-1.32/src/extract.c
---- tar-1.32.orig/src/extract.c	2019-01-13 20:44:05.000000000 +0100
-+++ tar-1.32/src/extract.c	2020-01-04 17:16:01.308739492 +0100
-@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@
- }
- #endif
- 
--#if HAVE_MKFIFO || defined mkfifo
-+#if 0
- static int
- extract_fifo (char *file_name, int typeflag)
- {
-@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@
-       break;
- #endif
- 
--#if HAVE_MKFIFO || defined mkfifo
-+#if 0
-     case FIFOTYPE:
-       *fun = extract_fifo;
-       break;
diff --git a/vars/tar.vars b/vars/tar.vars
deleted file mode 100644
index 380dd72..0000000
--- a/vars/tar.vars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#
-# set +o errexit -o noglob -o nounset is assumed.
-#
-
-: ${PKG_TAR_CONFIG_CACHE_EXTRA:="
-am_cv_func_working_getline=yes"};
-
-# vim:filetype=sh textwidth=0