diff --git a/src/helpers.rs b/src/helpers.rs
index 7a222d3f..a4899bf9 100644
--- a/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub async fn download_tar_based_and_visit<
 
     let stream = resp.bytes_stream();
 
-    let visitor = extract_tar_based_stream_and_visit(stream, path, fmt, visitor).await?;
+    let visitor = extract_tar_based_stream_and_visit(stream, fmt, visitor).await?;
 
     debug!("Download OK, written to file: '{}'", path.display());
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/async_extracter.rs b/src/helpers/async_extracter.rs
index 80ed397c..3d948de3 100644
--- a/src/helpers/async_extracter.rs
+++ b/src/helpers/async_extracter.rs
@@ -233,21 +233,15 @@ where
 
 pub async fn extract_tar_based_stream_and_visit<V: TarEntriesVisitor + Debug + Send + 'static, E>(
     stream: impl Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, E>> + Unpin,
-    output: &Path,
     fmt: TarBasedFmt,
     mut visitor: V,
 ) -> Result<V, BinstallError>
 where
     BinstallError: From<E>,
 {
-    let path = output.to_owned();
-
     extract_impl(stream, move |mut rx| {
-        fs::create_dir_all(path.parent().unwrap())?;
-
-        extract_compressed_from_readable(ReadableRx::new(&mut rx), fmt, Op::Visit(&mut visitor))?;
-
-        Ok(visitor)
+        extract_compressed_from_readable(ReadableRx::new(&mut rx), fmt, Op::Visit(&mut visitor))
+            .map(|_| visitor)
     })
     .await
 }