diff --git a/srcpkgs/tar/template b/srcpkgs/tar/template
index 9e0c4791376..9abeaafde4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tar/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'tar'.
 pkgname=tar
 version=1.26
+revision=1
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 revision=1
@@ -15,6 +16,6 @@ long_desc="
  does not create correct ustar archives."
 
 bootstrap=yes
-Add_dependency run bzip2
-Add_dependency full gzip
-Add_dependency build bzip2-devel
+if [ -n "$BOOTSTRAP_PKG_REBUILD" ]; then
+	Add_dependency build texinfo
+fi