diff --git a/app/Makefile b/app/Makefile
index f1641088..d69200dc 100644
--- a/app/Makefile
+++ b/app/Makefile
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ YAJL_HELPER_INCLUDE=-I${THIS_MAKEFILE_DIR}/external/yajl_helper
 CFLAGS+=${YAJL_HELPER_INCLUDE} ${YAJL_INCLUDE}
 
 # jq
-JQ_TARBALL=${THIS_MAKEFILE_DIR}/external/jq-1.6.tar.bz2
+JQ_TARBALL=${THIS_MAKEFILE_DIR}/external/jq-1.6.tar.gz
 JQ_SRC=${BUILD_DIR}/external/jq-src
 
 JQ_PREFIX ?=
diff --git a/app/external/jq-1.6.tar.bz2 b/app/external/jq-1.6.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index a40d5da7..00000000
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diff --git a/app/external/jq-1.6.tar.gz b/app/external/jq-1.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2ee039e
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