diff --git a/internal/helper/helper.go b/internal/helper/helper.go
index b0bcf4dd..4397466c 100644
--- a/internal/helper/helper.go
+++ b/internal/helper/helper.go
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func SafeQuantitySubtraction(orig, subtract quantity.Size) quantity.Size {
 // CreateTarArchive places all of the files from a source directory into a tar.
 // Currently supported are uncompressed tar archives and the following
 // compression types: gzip, xz bzip2, zstd
-func CreateTarArchive(src, dest, compression string, verbose, debug bool) error {
+func CreateTarArchive(src, dest, compression string, debug bool) error {
 	tarCommand := exec.Command(
 		"tar",
 		"--directory",
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func CreateTarArchive(src, dest, compression string, verbose, debug bool) error
 // ExtractTarArchive extracts all the files from a tar. Currently supported are
 // uncompressed tar archives and the following compression types: zip, gzip, xz
 // bzip2, zstd
-func ExtractTarArchive(src, dest string, verbose, debug bool) error {
+func ExtractTarArchive(src, dest string, debug bool) error {
 	tarCommand := exec.Command(
 		"tar",
 		"--xattrs",
diff --git a/internal/helper/helper_test.go b/internal/helper/helper_test.go
index e81d7d4a..70d49a24 100644
--- a/internal/helper/helper_test.go
+++ b/internal/helper/helper_test.go
@@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ func TestTarXattrs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// now run the helper tar creation and extraction functions
 	tarPath := filepath.Join(testDir, "test-xattrs.tar")
-	err = CreateTarArchive(testDir, tarPath, "uncompressed", false, false)
+	err = CreateTarArchive(testDir, tarPath, "uncompressed", false)
 	asserter.AssertErrNil(err, true)
 
-	err = ExtractTarArchive(tarPath, extractDir, false, false)
+	err = ExtractTarArchive(tarPath, extractDir, false)
 	asserter.AssertErrNil(err, true)
 
 	// now read the extracted file's extended attributes
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func TestPingXattrs(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(testDir) })
 	testFile := filepath.Join("testdata", "rootfs_tarballs", "ping.tar")
 
-	err = ExtractTarArchive(testFile, testDir, true, true)
+	err = ExtractTarArchive(testFile, testDir, true)
 	asserter.AssertErrNil(err, true)
 
 	binPing := filepath.Join(testDir, "bin", "ping")
diff --git a/internal/statemachine/classic_states.go b/internal/statemachine/classic_states.go
index 04a86fc9..699672fe 100644
--- a/internal/statemachine/classic_states.go
+++ b/internal/statemachine/classic_states.go
@@ -572,8 +572,7 @@ func (stateMachine *StateMachine) extractRootfsTar() error {
 	}
 
 	// now extract the archive
-	return helper.ExtractTarArchive(tarPath, stateMachine.tempDirs.chroot,
-		stateMachine.commonFlags.Verbose, stateMachine.commonFlags.Debug)
+	return helper.ExtractTarArchive(tarPath, stateMachine.tempDirs.chroot, stateMachine.commonFlags.Debug)
 }
 
 var germinateState = stateFunc{"germinate", (*StateMachine).germinate}