diff --git a/lfs/tar b/lfs/tar
index b8cf8b3b2..cbab6c2a9 100644
--- a/lfs/tar
+++ b/lfs/tar
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.31
+VER        = 1.30
 
 THISAPP    = tar-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 77afa35b696c8d760331fa0e12c2fac9
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 8404e4c1fc5a3000228ab2b8ad674a65
 
 install : $(TARGET)