diff --git a/pkg/helpers/archive.go b/pkg/helpers/archive.go
index 8f2ba247..d64d174f 100644
--- a/pkg/helpers/archive.go
+++ b/pkg/helpers/archive.go
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ func UntarProtect(src, dst string, sameOwner bool, protectedFiles []string, modi
 		replacerArchive := archive.ReplaceFileTarWrapper(in, mods)
 
 		opts := &archive.TarOptions{
-			// NOTE: NoLchown boolean is used for chmod of the symlink
-			// Probably it's needed set this always to true.
-			NoLchown:        true,
+			NoLchown:        false,
 			ExcludePatterns: []string{"dev/"}, // prevent 'operation not permitted'
 			ContinueOnError: true,
 		}
@@ -201,12 +199,8 @@ func Untar(src, dest string, sameOwner bool) error {
 	defer in.Close()
 
 	if sameOwner {
-		// PRE: i have root privileged.
-
 		opts := &archive.TarOptions{
-			// NOTE: NoLchown boolean is used for chmod of the symlink
-			// Probably it's needed set this always to true.
-			NoLchown:        true,
+			NoLchown:        false,
 			ExcludePatterns: []string{"dev/"}, // prevent 'operation not permitted'
 			ContinueOnError: true,
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/helpers/imgworker/unpack.go b/pkg/helpers/imgworker/unpack.go
index 0b0803e3..6197b63c 100644
--- a/pkg/helpers/imgworker/unpack.go
+++ b/pkg/helpers/imgworker/unpack.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (c *Client) Unpack(image, dest string) error {
 		// Unpack the tarfile to the rootfs path.
 		// FROM: https://godoc.org/github.com/moby/moby/pkg/archive#TarOptions
 		if err := archive.Untar(content.NewReader(layer), dest, &archive.TarOptions{
-			NoLchown:        true,
+			NoLchown:        false,
 			ExcludePatterns: []string{"dev/"}, // prevent 'operation not permitted'
 		}); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("extracting tar for %s to directory %s failed: %v", desc.Digest.String(), dest, err)