diff --git a/lang/erlang/erlang.port.mk b/lang/erlang/erlang.port.mk
index b1799092829..97664238c14 100644
--- a/lang/erlang/erlang.port.mk
+++ b/lang/erlang/erlang.port.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: erlang.port.mk,v 1.6 2013/03/11 13:01:39 jasper Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: erlang.port.mk,v 1.7 2013/04/28 16:40:42 jasper Exp $
 #
 # Module for Erlang-based ports or modules
 
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ ERL_LIBROOT ?=	${PREFIX}/lib/erlang/lib/
 # Standard directory into which a module/library gets installed.
 ERL_LIBDIR ?=	${ERL_LIBROOT}${DISTNAME}
 
-# A lot (if not all) of the Erlang modules comes from GitHub, so to ensure the
-# tarballs are extracted correctly, use GNU tar.
-MODERL_BUILD_DEPENDS += archivers/gtar
-TAR ?=			${LOCALBASE}/bin/gtar
-
 MODERL_RUN_DEPENDS +=	lang/erlang
 
 .if defined(MODERL_BUILD_DEPENDS)