diff --git a/formula/python-2.7.6 b/formula/python-2.7.6
index 3574e81..f342249 100755
--- a/formula/python-2.7.6
+++ b/formula/python-2.7.6
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ echo "Building SQLite..."
 
 echo "Building Python..."
 SOURCE_TARBALL='http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.6/Python-2.7.6.tgz'
-curl $SOURCE_TARBALL | tar xzf
+curl $SOURCE_TARBALL | tar xz
 mv python src
 cd src