diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/unpack_strategy_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/unpack_strategy_spec.rb
index 055fe3c96..279bf48f3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/unpack_strategy_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/unpack_strategy_spec.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe UnpackStrategy do
         (mktmpdir/"file.tar").tap do |path|
           mktmpdir do |dir|
             (dir/directories).mkpath
-            system "tar", "-c", "-f", path, "-C", dir, "A/"
+            system "tar", "--create", "--file", path, "--directory", dir, "A/"
           end
         end
       }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe UnpackStrategy do
         (mktmpdir/basename).tap do |path|
           mktmpdir do |dir|
             FileUtils.touch dir/"file.txt"
-            system "tar", "-c", "-f", path, "-C", dir, "file.txt"
+            system "tar", "--create", "--file", path, "--directory", dir, "file.txt"
           end
         end
       }
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy/tar.rb b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy/tar.rb
index a40ad8f45..33d6ffcb4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy/tar.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy/tar.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module UnpackStrategy
       return false unless [Bzip2, Gzip, Lzip, Xz].any? { |s| s.can_extract?(path) }
 
       # Check if `tar` can list the contents, then it can also extract it.
-      stdout, _, status = system_command("tar", args: ["tf", path], print_stderr: false)
+      stdout, _, status = system_command("tar", args: ["--list", "--file", path], print_stderr: false)
       status.success? && !stdout.empty?
     end
 
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ module UnpackStrategy
         end
 
         system_command! "tar",
-                        args:    ["xof", tar_path, "-C", unpack_dir],
+                        args:    ["--extract", "--no-same-owner",
+                                  "--file", tar_path,
+                                  "--directory", unpack_dir],
                         verbose: verbose
       end
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/bottles.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/bottles.rb
index 5439e43d9..4e809b1be 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/bottles.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/bottles.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module Utils
       end
 
       def file_from_bottle(bottle_file, file_path)
-        Utils.popen_read("tar", "--extract", "--stdout", "--file", bottle_file, file_path)
+        Utils.popen_read("tar", "--extract", "--to-stdout", "--file", bottle_file, file_path)
       end
 
       def resolve_formula_names(bottle_file)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/tar.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/tar.rb
index ced4ed523..53ce635a8 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/tar.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/tar.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module Utils
 
         path = Pathname.new(path)
         return unless TAR_FILE_EXTENSIONS.include? path.extname
-        return if Utils.popen_read(executable, "-tf", path).match?(%r{/.*\.})
+        return if Utils.popen_read(executable, "--list", "--file", path).match?(%r{/.*\.})
 
         odie "#{path} is not a valid tar file!"
       end