diff --git a/tar/.md5sum b/tar/.md5sum
index 303e8e33..19ef0f0e 100644
--- a/tar/.md5sum
+++ b/tar/.md5sum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 6a56bc4bb64fc9bb48d28e66a30ad937  rmt.8
-0ced6f20b9fa1bea588005b5ad4b52c1  tar-1.26.tar.xz
-e4038247fa36a51d2784e163f58f6e38  tar-rootp.patch
+3484fc42b7a82b82f2305b2971aa0e56  tar-1.27.tar.xz
+0a422e615b38706414ee713f72679386  tar-rootp.patch
 7c2293e8c051ade56db42daf2279e5eb  tar.1
diff --git a/tar/Pkgfile b/tar/Pkgfile
index a4923976..50510869 100644
--- a/tar/Pkgfile
+++ b/tar/Pkgfile
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@
 # Maintainer:  CRUX System Team, core-ports at crux dot nu
 
 name=tar
-version=1.26
-release=2
+version=1.27
+release=1
 source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.xz \
         $name-rootp.patch tar.1 rmt.8)
 
 build() {
     cd $name-$version
-    # fix for glibc 'gets' removal
-    sed -i -e '/gets is a/d' gnu/stdio.in.h
     patch -p1 -i $SRC/$name-rootp.patch
     ./configure --prefix= \
                 --libexec=/usr/lib/tar \
diff --git a/tar/tar-rootp.patch b/tar/tar-rootp.patch
index 1b34c74e..9845d9d2 100644
--- a/tar/tar-rootp.patch
+++ b/tar/tar-rootp.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-diff -Nru tar-1.18.orig/src/extract.c tar-1.18/src/extract.c
---- tar-1.18.orig/src/extract.c	2007-07-05 08:19:23.000000000 +0200
-+++ tar-1.18/src/extract.c	2007-07-05 08:19:37.000000000 +0200
-@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@
+--- tar-1.27.orig/src/extract.c	2013-10-08 18:37:10.138985808 +0200
++++ tar-1.27/src/extract.c	2013-10-08 18:38:19.661979057 +0200
+@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@
  extr_init (void)
  {
-   we_are_root = geteuid () == 0;
+   we_are_root = geteuid () == ROOT_UID;
 -  same_permissions_option += we_are_root;
 -  same_owner_option += we_are_root;