diff --git a/registry.toml b/registry.toml
index a162c22876..37095e7a52 100644
--- a/registry.toml
+++ b/registry.toml
@@ -870,7 +870,6 @@ github-markdown-toc.backends = [
     "aqua:ekalinin/github-markdown-toc",
     "asdf:skyzyx/asdf-github-markdown-toc"
 ]
-github-markdown-toc.test = ["gh-md-toc --version", "{{version}}"]
 gitleaks.backends = ["aqua:gitleaks/gitleaks", "asdf:jmcvetta/asdf-gitleaks"]
 gitleaks.test = ["gitleaks --version", "gitleaks version {{version}}"]
 gitsign.backends = ["aqua:sigstore/gitsign", "asdf:spencergilbert/asdf-gitsign"]
@@ -1442,7 +1441,6 @@ license-plist.backends = [
     "asdf:MacPaw/asdf-license-plist"
 ]
 lima.backends = ["aqua:lima-vm/lima", "asdf:CrouchingMuppet/asdf-lima"]
-lima.test = ["lima --version", "limactl version {{version}}"]
 linkerd.backends = ["aqua:linkerd/linkerd2", "asdf:kforsthoevel/asdf-linkerd"]
 liqoctl.backends = ["aqua:liqotech/liqo", "asdf:pdemagny/asdf-liqoctl"]
 liquibase.backends = ["asdf:mise-plugins/mise-liquibase"]
diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/file.rs
index d71140ad8c..c58a9cb76c 100644
--- a/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/file.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use eyre::bail;
 use filetime::{FileTime, set_file_times};
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use itertools::Itertools;
+use path_absolutize::Absolutize;
 use std::sync::LazyLock as Lazy;
 use tar::Archive;
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ pub fn copy_dir_all<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(from: P, to: Q) -> Result<()
     let from = from.as_ref();
     let to = to.as_ref();
     trace!("cp -r {} {}", from.display(), to.display());
-    recursive_ls(from, false)?.into_iter().try_for_each(|path| {
+    recursive_ls(from)?.into_iter().try_for_each(|path| {
         let relative = path.strip_prefix(from)?;
         let dest = to.join(relative);
         create_dir_all(dest.parent().unwrap())?;
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ pub fn ls(dir: &Path) -> Result<BTreeSet<PathBuf>> {
     Ok(output)
 }
 
-pub fn recursive_ls(dir: &Path, include_dirs: bool) -> Result<BTreeSet<PathBuf>> {
+pub fn recursive_ls(dir: &Path) -> Result<BTreeSet<PathBuf>> {
     if !dir.is_dir() {
         return Ok(Default::default());
     }
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ pub fn recursive_ls(dir: &Path, include_dirs: bool) -> Result<BTreeSet<PathBuf>>
     Ok(WalkDir::new(dir)
         .follow_links(true)
         .into_iter()
-        .filter_ok(|e| e.file_type().is_file() || (include_dirs && e.file_type().is_dir()))
+        .filter_ok(|e| e.file_type().is_file())
         .map_ok(|e| e.path().to_path_buf())
         .try_collect()?)
 }
@@ -712,44 +713,24 @@ pub fn untar(archive: &Path, dest: &Path, opts: &TarOptions) -> Result<()> {
     //         pr.set_length(total);
     //     }
     // }
-    create_dir_all(dest).wrap_err_with(err)?;
     for entry in Archive::new(tar).entries().wrap_err_with(err)? {
         let mut entry = entry.wrap_err_with(err)?;
-        trace!("extracting {}", entry.path().wrap_err_with(err)?.display());
-        entry.unpack_in(dest).wrap_err_with(err)?;
+        let path: PathBuf = entry
+            .path()
+            .wrap_err_with(err)?
+            .components()
+            .skip(opts.strip_components)
+            .filter(|c| c.as_os_str() != ".")
+            .collect::<PathBuf>()
+            .absolutize_virtually(dest)?
+            .to_path_buf();
+        create_dir_all(path.parent().unwrap()).wrap_err_with(err)?;
+        trace!("extracting {}", display_path(&path));
+        entry.unpack(&path).wrap_err_with(err)?;
         if let Some(pr) = &opts.pr {
             pr.set_length(entry.raw_file_position());
         }
     }
-    if opts.strip_components > 0 {
-        debug!(
-            "moving files with strip-components={}",
-            opts.strip_components
-        );
-        let entries = recursive_ls(dest, true).wrap_err_with(err)?;
-        for entry in entries.into_iter().rev() {
-            if entry.is_dir() {
-                if is_empty_dir(&entry).wrap_err_with(err)? {
-                    fs::remove_dir(&entry).wrap_err_with(err)?;
-                }
-                continue;
-            }
-            let relative = entry
-                .strip_prefix(dest)
-                .wrap_err_with(err)?
-                .components()
-                .skip(opts.strip_components)
-                .collect::<PathBuf>();
-            if relative.is_empty() {
-                // remove the file if the path components are all stripped
-                fs::remove_file(&entry).wrap_err_with(err)?;
-                continue;
-            }
-            let stripped = dest.join(relative);
-            create_dir_all(stripped.parent().unwrap()).wrap_err_with(err)?;
-            fs::rename(&entry, &stripped).wrap_err_with(err)?;
-        }
-    }
     // if let Some(pr) = &opts.pr {
     //     pr.set_position(total);
     // }