diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f9068c6..a11b6577 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ all:
 dinstall: deb
 	dpkg -i ${DEB}
 
-vmtar: vmtar.c utils.c
-	gcc ${CFLAGS} -o vmtar vmtar.c
-
 sparsecp: sparsecp.c utils.c
 	gcc ${CFLAGS} -o sparsecp sparsecp.c
 
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ qmrestore.bash-completion:
 	PVE_GENERATING_DOCS=1 perl -I. -T -e "use PVE::CLI::qmrestore; PVE::CLI::qmrestore->generate_bash_completions();" >$@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
-PKGSOURCES=qm qm.1 qmrestore qmrestore.1 qmextract sparsecp vmtar qm.conf.5 qm.bash-completion qmrestore.bash-completion
+PKGSOURCES=qm qm.1 qmrestore qmrestore.1 qmextract sparsecp qm.conf.5 qm.bash-completion qmrestore.bash-completion
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: ${PKGSOURCES}
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@ install: ${PKGSOURCES}
 	install -m 0755 pve-bridge ${DESTDIR}${VARLIBDIR}/pve-bridge
 	install -m 0755 pve-bridge-hotplug ${DESTDIR}${VARLIBDIR}/pve-bridge-hotplug
 	install -m 0755 pve-bridgedown ${DESTDIR}${VARLIBDIR}/pve-bridgedown
-	install -s -m 0755 vmtar ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}
 	install -s -m 0755 sparsecp ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}
 	install -D -m 0644 modules-load.conf ${DESTDIR}/etc/modules-load.d/qemu-server.conf
 	install -m 0755 qmextract ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}
diff --git a/vmtar.c b/vmtar.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 29160b82..00000000
--- a/vmtar.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,581 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
-
-    Copyright: vzdump is under GNU GPL, the GNU General Public License.
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; if not, write to the
-    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
-    MA 02110-1301, USA.
-
-    Author: Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@proxmox.com>
-
-    NOTE: the tar specific code is copied from the GNU tar package (just 
-    slighly modified to fit our needs).
-*/
-
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-
-#include "utils.c"
-
-
-#define BLOCKSIZE 512
-#define BUFFER_BLOCKS 32
-
-static char *outname;
-
-struct writebuffer 
-{
-  int fd;
-  char buffer[BUFFER_BLOCKS*BLOCKSIZE];
-  size_t bpos;
-  size_t total;
-};
-
-/* OLDGNU_MAGIC uses both magic and version fields, which are contiguous. */
-#define OLDGNU_MAGIC "ustar  "	/* 7 chars and a null */
-
-struct posix_header
-{				/* byte offset */
-  char name[100];		/*   0 */
-  char mode[8];			/* 100 */
-  char uid[8];			/* 108 */
-  char gid[8];			/* 116 */
-  char size[12];		/* 124 */
-  char mtime[12];		/* 136 */
-  char chksum[8];		/* 148 */
-  char typeflag;		/* 156 */
-  char linkname[100];		/* 157 */
-  char magic[6];		/* 257 */
-  char version[2];		/* 263 */
-  char uname[32];		/* 265 */
-  char gname[32];		/* 297 */
-  char devmajor[8];		/* 329 */
-  char devminor[8];		/* 337 */
-  char prefix[155];		/* 345 */
-				/* 500 */
-};
-
-struct sparse
-{				/* byte offset */
-  char offset[12];		/*   0 */
-  char numbytes[12];		/*  12 */
-				/*  24 */
-};
-
-struct oldgnu_header
-{				/* byte offset */
-  char unused_pad1[345];	/*   0 */
-  char atime[12];		/* 345 Incr. archive: atime of the file */
-  char ctime[12];		/* 357 Incr. archive: ctime of the file */
-  char offset[12];		/* 369 Multivolume archive: the offset of
-				   the start of this volume */
-  char longnames[4];		/* 381 Not used */
-  char unused_pad2;		/* 385 */
-  struct sparse sp[4];
-				/* 386 */
-  char isextended;		/* 482 Sparse file: Extension sparse header
-				   follows */
-  char realsize[12];		/* 483 Sparse file: Real size*/
-				/* 495 */
-};
-
-struct sparse_header
-{				/* byte offset */
-  struct sparse sp[21]; 	/*   0 */
-  char isextended;		/* 504 */
-				/* 505 */
-};
-
-union block
-{
-  char buffer[BLOCKSIZE];
-  struct posix_header header;
-  struct oldgnu_header oldgnu_header;
-  struct sparse_header sparse_header;
-};
-
-
-struct sp_entry
-{
-  off_t offset;
-  size_t bytes;
-};
-
-struct sp_array {
-  size_t real_size;
-  size_t effective_size;
-  size_t avail; 
-  size_t size; 
-  struct sp_entry *map;
-};
-
-static void 
-cleanup (void)
-{
-  if (outname) 
-    unlink (outname);
-}
-
-void term_handler()
-{
-  fprintf (stderr, "received signal - terminate process\n");
-  exit(-1);
-}
-
-struct sp_array*
-sparray_new (void) {
-  struct sp_array *ma = malloc (sizeof (struct sp_array));
-  if (!ma) {
-    fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: memory allocation failure\n"); 
-    exit (-1);
-  }
-  ma->real_size = 0;
-  ma->effective_size = 0;
-  ma->avail = 0; 
-  ma->size = 1024; 
-  ma->map = malloc (ma->size * sizeof (struct sp_entry));
-  if (!ma->map) {
-    fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: memory allocation failure\n"); 
-    exit (-1);
-  }
-  return ma;
-}
-
-void
-sparray_resize (struct sp_array *ma)
-{
-  ma->size += 1024;
-  if (!(ma->map = realloc (ma->map, ma->size * sizeof (struct sp_entry)))) {
-    fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: memory allocation failure\n"); 
-    exit (-1);
-  } 
-}
-
-void
-sparray_add (struct sp_array *ma, off_t offset, size_t bytes)
-{
-	
-  if (ma->avail == ma->size) {
-    sparray_resize(ma);
-  }
-  ma->map[ma->avail].offset = offset;
-  ma->map[ma->avail].bytes = bytes;
-  ma->avail++;
-}
-
-static void
-to_base256 (uintmax_t value, char *where, size_t size)
-{
-  uintmax_t v = value;
-  size_t i = size - 1;
-
-  where[0] = 1 << 7;
-
-  do {
-    where[i--] = v & ((1 << 8) - 1);
-    v >>= 8;
-  } while (i);
-}
-
-static void
-to_octal (uintmax_t value, char *where, size_t size)
-{
-  uintmax_t v = value;
-  size_t i = size - 1;
-
-  where[i] = '\0';
-  do {
-    where[--i] = '0' + (v & ((1 << 3) - 1));
-    v >>= 3;
-  } while (i);
-}
-
-/* The maximum uintmax_t value that can be represented with DIGITS digits,
-   assuming that each digit is BITS_PER_DIGIT wide.  */
-#define MAX_VAL_WITH_DIGITS(digits, bits_per_digit) \
-   ((digits) * (bits_per_digit) < sizeof (uintmax_t) * 8 \
-    ? ((uintmax_t) 1 << ((digits) * (bits_per_digit))) - 1 \
-    : (uintmax_t) -1)
-
-/* The maximum uintmax_t value that can be represented with octal
-   digits and a trailing NUL in BUFFER.  */
-#define MAX_OCTAL_VAL(buffer) MAX_VAL_WITH_DIGITS (sizeof (buffer) - 1, 3)
-
-void
-off12_to_chars (char *p, off_t v)
-{
-  if (v < 0) {
-    fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: internal error - got negative offset\n");
-    exit (-1);
-  }
-
-  uintmax_t value = (uintmax_t) v;
-
-  if (value <= MAX_VAL_WITH_DIGITS (11, 3)) {
-    to_octal (value, p, 12);
-  } else {
-    to_base256 (value, p, 12);
-  }
-}
-
-char *
-buffer_block(struct writebuffer *wbuf)
-{
-  size_t space = sizeof (wbuf->buffer) - wbuf->bpos;
-  char *blk;
-
-  if (space >= BLOCKSIZE) {
-    blk = wbuf->buffer + wbuf->bpos;
-    wbuf->bpos += BLOCKSIZE;
-  } else {
-    full_write (wbuf->fd, wbuf->buffer, wbuf->bpos);
-    wbuf->total += wbuf->bpos;
-    wbuf->bpos = BLOCKSIZE;
-    blk = wbuf->buffer;
-  }
-  return blk;
-}
-
-struct writebuffer*
-buffer_new(int fd)
-{
-  struct writebuffer *wbuf = calloc (1, sizeof (struct writebuffer));
-
-  if (!wbuf) {
-    fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: memory allocation failure\n"); 
-    exit (-1);
-  }
-
-  wbuf->fd = fd;
-
-  return wbuf;
-}
-
-void
-buffer_flush(struct writebuffer *wbuf)
-{
-  full_write (wbuf->fd, wbuf->buffer, wbuf->bpos);
-  wbuf->total += wbuf->bpos;
-  wbuf->bpos = 0;
-}
-
-void
-dump_header (struct writebuffer *wbuf, const char *filename, time_t mtime, struct sp_array *ma)
-{
-  union block *blk = (union block *)buffer_block (wbuf);
-  memset (blk->buffer, 0, BLOCKSIZE);
-  
-  if (strlen(filename)>98) {
-    fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: filename '%s' too long\n", filename); 
-    exit (-1);
-  }
-
-  strncpy (blk->header.name, filename, 100);
-
-  sprintf (blk->header.mode, "%07o", 0644);
-  sprintf (blk->header.uid, "%07o", 0);
-  sprintf (blk->header.gid, "%07o", 0);
-  off12_to_chars (blk->header.mtime, mtime);
-
-  memcpy (blk->header.chksum, "        ", 8);
-
-  blk->header.typeflag = ma->avail ? 'S' : '0';
-  
-  sprintf (blk->header.magic, "%s", OLDGNU_MAGIC);
-
-  sprintf (blk->header.uname, "%s", "root");
-  sprintf (blk->header.gname, "%s", "root");
-
-  size_t ind = 0;
-  if (ind < ma->avail) {
-    size_t i;
-    for (i = 0;i < 4 && ind < ma->avail; i++, ind++) {
-      off12_to_chars (blk->oldgnu_header.sp[i].offset, ma->map[ind].offset);
-      off12_to_chars (blk->oldgnu_header.sp[i].numbytes, ma->map[ind].bytes);
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (ma->avail > 4)
-    blk->oldgnu_header.isextended = 1;
-
-  off12_to_chars (blk->header.size, ma->effective_size);
-  off12_to_chars (blk->oldgnu_header.realsize, ma->real_size);
-
-  int sum = 0;
-  char *p = blk->buffer;
-  int i;
-  for (i = BLOCKSIZE; i-- != 0; )
-    sum += 0xFF & *p++;
-
-  sprintf (blk->header.chksum, "%6o", sum);
-
-  while (ind < ma->avail) {
-    blk = (union block *)buffer_block (wbuf);
-    memset (blk->buffer, 0, BLOCKSIZE);
-    size_t i;
-    for (i = 0;i < 21 && ind < ma->avail; i++, ind++) {
-      off12_to_chars (blk->sparse_header.sp[i].offset, ma->map[ind].offset);
-      off12_to_chars (blk->sparse_header.sp[i].numbytes, ma->map[ind].bytes);
-    }
-    if (ind < ma->avail)
-      blk->sparse_header.isextended = 1;
-
-  }
-}
-
-int
-scan_sparse_file (int fd, struct sp_array *ma)
-{
-  char buffer[BLOCKSIZE];
-  size_t count;
-  off_t offset = 0;
-  off_t file_size = 0;
-  size_t sp_bytes = 0;
-  off_t sp_offset = 0;
-
-  if (lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
-    return 0;
-
-  while ((count = full_read (fd, buffer, sizeof (buffer))) > 0) {
-    if (block_is_zero (buffer, count)) {
-      if (sp_bytes) {
-	sparray_add (ma, sp_offset, sp_bytes);
-	sp_bytes = 0;
-      }
-    } else {
-      file_size += count;
-      if (!sp_bytes)
-	sp_offset = offset;
-      sp_bytes += count;
-    }
-    offset += count;
-  }
-
-  if (sp_bytes == 0)
-    sp_offset = offset;
-
-  sparray_add (ma, sp_offset, sp_bytes);
-
-  ma->real_size = offset;
-  ma->effective_size = file_size;
-
-  return 1;
-}
-
-int
-dump_sparse_file (int fd, struct writebuffer *wbuf, struct sp_array *ma)
-{
-  if (lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
-    return 0;
-
-  int i;
-  size_t dumped_size = 0;
-  for (i = 0; i < ma->avail; i++) {
-    struct sp_entry *e = &ma->map[i];
-    if (lseek (fd, e->offset, SEEK_SET) < 0)
-      return 0;
-
-    off_t bytes_left = e->bytes;
-
-    while (bytes_left > 0) {
-      size_t bufsize = (bytes_left > BLOCKSIZE) ? BLOCKSIZE : bytes_left;
-      ssize_t bytes_read;
-
-      char *blkbuf = buffer_block (wbuf);
-      if ((bytes_read = full_read (fd, blkbuf, bufsize)) < 0) {
-	return 0;
-      }
-
-      if (!bytes_read) {
-	fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: got unexpected EOF\n");
-	return 0;
-      }
-
-      memset (blkbuf + bytes_read, 0, BLOCKSIZE - bytes_read);
-
-      dumped_size += bytes_read;
-
-      bytes_left -= bytes_read;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return 1;
-}
-
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  struct sigaction sa;
-  int sparse = 0;
-
-  while (1) {
-    int option_index = 0;
-    static struct option long_options[] = {
-      {"sparse", 0, 0, 's'},
-      {"output", 1, 0, 'o'},
-      {0, 0, 0, 0}
-    };
-
-    char c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "so:", long_options, &option_index);
-    if (c == -1)
-      break;
-
-    switch (c) {
-    case 's':
-      sparse = 1;
-      break;
-    case 'o':
-      outname = optarg;
-      break;
-    default:
-      fprintf (stderr, "?? getopt returned character code 0%o ??\n", c);
-      exit (-1);
-    }
-  }
-
-  int numargs = argc - optind;
-  if (numargs <= 0 || (numargs % 2)) {
-      fprintf (stderr, "wrong number of arguments\n");
-      exit (-1);
-  }
-
-  time_t starttime = time(NULL);
-
-  int outfd;
-
-  if (outname) {
-    if ((outfd = open(outname, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0644)) == -1) {
-      fprintf (stderr, "unable to open archive '%s' - %s\n", 
-	       outname, strerror (errno));
-      exit (-1);
-    }
-    atexit(cleanup);
-  } else {
-    outfd = fileno (stdout);
-  }
-
-  setsig(&sa, SIGINT, term_handler, SA_RESTART);
-  setsig(&sa, SIGQUIT, term_handler, SA_RESTART);
-  setsig(&sa, SIGTERM, term_handler, SA_RESTART);
-  setsig(&sa, SIGPIPE, term_handler, SA_RESTART);
-
-  int saved_optind = optind;
-  while (optind < argc) {
-    char *source = argv[optind];
-    optind += 2;
-    struct stat fs;
-
-    if (stat (source, &fs) != 0) {
-      fprintf (stderr, "unable to read '%s' - %s\n", 
-	       source, strerror (errno));
-      exit (-1);
-    }
-
-    if (!(S_ISREG(fs.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(fs.st_mode))) {
-      fprintf (stderr, "unable to read '%s' - not a file or block device\n", 
-	       source);
-      exit (-1);      
-    }
-  }
-
-  optind = saved_optind;
-
-  struct writebuffer *wbuf = buffer_new (outfd);
-
-  while (optind < argc) {
-    char *source = argv[optind++];
-    char *archivename = argv[optind++];
-
-    int fd;
-
-    fprintf (stderr, "adding '%s' to archive ('%s')\n", source, archivename);
-
-    if ((fd = open(source, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
-      fprintf (stderr, "unable to open '%s' - %s\n", 
-	       source, strerror (errno));
-      exit (-1);
-    }
-
-    struct stat fs;
-
-    if (fstat (fd, &fs) != 0) {
-      fprintf (stderr, "unable to stat '%s' - %s\n", 
-	       source, strerror (errno));
-      exit (-1);
-    }
-
-    time_t ctime = fs.st_mtime;
-
-    struct sp_array *ma = sparray_new();
-    if (sparse && !S_ISBLK(fs.st_mode)) {
-      if (!scan_sparse_file (fd, ma)) {
-	fprintf (stderr, "scanning '%s' failed\n", source); 
-	exit (-1);
-      }
-    } else {
-      off_t file_size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
-      if (file_size < 0) {
-	fprintf (stderr, "unable to get file size of '%s'\n", source); 
-	exit (-1);
-      }
-      sparray_add (ma, 0, file_size);
-      ma->real_size = file_size;
-      ma->effective_size = file_size;
-    }
-
-    dump_header (wbuf, archivename, ctime, ma);
-
-    if (!dump_sparse_file (fd, wbuf, ma)) {
-      fprintf (stderr, "writing '%s' to archive failed\n", source); 
-      exit (-1);
-    }
-
-    free (ma);
-
-    close (fd);
-
-  }
-
-  // write tar end
-  char *buf = buffer_block (wbuf);
-  memset (buf, 0, BLOCKSIZE);
-  buf = buffer_block (wbuf);
-  memset (buf, 0, BLOCKSIZE);
-
-  buffer_flush (wbuf);
-
-  close (outfd);
-
-  time_t delay = time(NULL) - starttime;
-  if (delay <= 0) delay = 1;
-
-  fprintf (stderr, "Total bytes written: %zu (%.2f MiB/s)\n", wbuf->total,
-	   (wbuf->total/(1024*1024))/(float)delay);
-
-  outname = NULL;
-
-  exit (0);
-}