diff --git a/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in b/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in
index fc85e4ad2e..6e5939f4f2 100644
--- a/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in
+++ b/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ for ((n = 0; n < ${#inputs[*]}; n += 2)); do
     
     echo "unpacking channel $channelName"
     
-    @bunzip2@ < $channelTarball | @tar@ xf -
+    @bzip2@ -d < $channelTarball | @tar@ xf -
 
     if test -e */channel-name; then
         channelName="$(@coreutils@/cat */channel-name)"
diff --git a/externals/Makefile.am b/externals/Makefile.am
index 884d87bf17..ec2e5c6d35 100644
--- a/externals/Makefile.am
+++ b/externals/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ build-bzip2: $(BZIP2)
 
 install-exec-local:: build-bzip2
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)${bzip2_bin}
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(bzip2_bin_test)/bzip2 $(bzip2_bin_test)/bunzip2 $(DESTDIR)${bzip2_bin}
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(bzip2_bin_test)/bzip2 $(DESTDIR)${bzip2_bin}
 endif