diff --git a/figlet-licpatch.sh b/figlet-licpatch.sh
index bfc73a0..5648638 100644
--- a/figlet-licpatch.sh
+++ b/figlet-licpatch.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ if test -f "$1/figlet-$VERSION.tar.gz" ; then
 	if test -d $TMPDIR ; then
 		trap "rm -rf \"$TMPDIR\" \"$1/figlet-$VERSION-patched.tar.bz2\"" ERR
 		cd $TMPDIR
-		tar -xzf "$1/figlet-$VERSION.tar.gz"
-		rm -f figlet-$VERSION/fonts/jis0201.flc
-		tar -cjf "$1/figlet-$VERSION-patched.tar.bz2" figlet-$VERSION
+		gzip -cd "$1/figlet-$VERSION.tar.gz" > "$1/figlet-$VERSION-patched.tar"
+		tar --delete -f "$1/figlet-$VERSION-patched.tar" figlet-$VERSION/fonts/jis0201.flc
+		bzip2 -f "$1/figlet-$VERSION-patched.tar"
 		cd - 1>/dev/null
 		rm -Rf $TMPDIR
 	else
 		echo "creating tmp dir failed"
+		exit 102
 	fi
 else
 	echo "file: $1/figlet-$VERSION.tar.gz doesn't exist"
diff --git a/figlet.changes b/figlet.changes
index 7595ca0..2376d5e 100644
--- a/figlet.changes
+++ b/figlet.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 31 09:57:37 UTC 2017 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- delete file from tar without repacking
+  to make build reproducible
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Mar 14 14:26:36 UTC 2015 - benoit.monin@gmx.fr