diff --git a/hack/preload-images/generate.go b/hack/preload-images/generate.go
index e1d6061d8b..88ac902463 100644
--- a/hack/preload-images/generate.go
+++ b/hack/preload-images/generate.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func createImageTarball(tarballFilename, containerRuntime string) error {
 		dirs = append(dirs, "./lib/containers")
 	}
 
-	args := []string{"exec", profile, "sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-cvf", tarballFilename}
+	args := []string{"exec", profile, "sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-cf", tarballFilename}
 	args = append(args, dirs...)
 	cmd := exec.Command("docker", args...)
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
index c13cbc536b..5a6ff27d75 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func ExtractTarballToVolume(ociBin string, tarballPath, volumeName, imageName st
 	if ociBin == Podman && runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--security-opt", "label=disable")
 	}
-	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "-v", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/preloaded.tar:ro", tarballPath), "-v", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/extractDir", volumeName), imageName, "-I", "lz4", "-xvf", "/preloaded.tar", "-C", "/extractDir")
+	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "-v", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/preloaded.tar:ro", tarballPath), "-v", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/extractDir", volumeName), imageName, "-I", "lz4", "-xf", "/preloaded.tar", "-C", "/extractDir")
 	cmd := exec.Command(ociBin, cmdArgs...)
 	if _, err := runCmd(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
index 4943bc847d..8f269cfa9e 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func (r *Containerd) Preload(cfg config.KubernetesConfig) error {
 
 	t = time.Now()
 	// extract the tarball to /var in the VM
-	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xvf", dest)); err != nil {
+	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "extracting tarball: %s", rr.Output())
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Took %f seconds t extract the tarball", time.Since(t).Seconds())
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
index bda5cd8af2..6169ad9107 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func (r *CRIO) Preload(cfg config.KubernetesConfig) error {
 
 	t = time.Now()
 	// extract the tarball to /var in the VM
-	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xvf", dest)); err != nil {
+	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "extracting tarball: %s", rr.Output())
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Took %f seconds t extract the tarball", time.Since(t).Seconds())
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index 0f012aa166..d05ac97c59 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (r *Docker) Preload(cfg config.KubernetesConfig) error {
 	klog.Infof("Took %f seconds to copy over tarball", time.Since(t).Seconds())
 
 	// extract the tarball to /var in the VM
-	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xvf", dest)); err != nil {
+	if rr, err := r.Runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-xf", dest)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "extracting tarball: %s", rr.Output())
 	}