diff --git a/.github/workflows/wasm-size.yml b/.github/workflows/wasm-size.yml
index d28348f7ae88..82d7a2d7e141 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wasm-size.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wasm-size.yml
@@ -48,19 +48,11 @@ jobs:
       sqlite_size: ${{ steps.measure.outputs.sqlite_size }}
       sqlite_size_gz: ${{ steps.measure.outputs.sqlite_size_gz }}
     steps:
-      # remove before merging
-      - name: 'tmp: Checkout PR branch'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: cp Makefile /tmp/prisma-engines-Makefile
-
       - name: Checkout base branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
 
-      # remove before merging
-      - run: mv /tmp/prisma-engines-Makefile Makefile
-
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/include/rust-wasm-setup
 
       - name: Build and measure base branch
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e70ad21d880..e55627f7a436 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,10 +64,7 @@ build-qe-wasm:
 build-qe-wasm-gz: build-qe-wasm
 	@cd query-engine/query-engine-wasm/pkg && \
     for provider in postgresql mysql sqlite; do \
-        tar -I 'gzip -n' --format=ustar \
-			--mtime='1970-01-01 00:00:00' --sort=name \
-			--numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 \
-			-cvf $$provider.gz $$provider; \
+        tar -zcvf $$provider.gz $$provider; \
     done;
 
 build-schema-wasm: