diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/compression.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/compression.py
index 38f7e03..ecde829 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/compression.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/compression.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def _py_untar(archive_file: str, remove_archive_file: bool = False) -> str:
         shutil.move(archive_file_no_ext, archive_file)
     f_tar = tarfile.open(archive_file)
     f_members = [_data_filter(member=m, dest_path=outfile) for m in f_tar.getmembers()]
-    f_tar.extractall(path=outfile, members=f_members)
+    f_tar.extractall(members=f_members)
     f_tar.close()
     if remove_archive_file:
         # remove input file to prevent two stage
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ def _py_unzip(archive_file: str) -> str:
         archive_file = archive_file_no_ext + "-input"
         shutil.move(archive_file_no_ext, archive_file)
     f_zip = zipfile.ZipFile(archive_file)
-    f_zip.extractall(path=outfile)
+    f_zip.extractall()
     return outfile