diff --git a/jupyter_scheduler/job_files_manager.py b/jupyter_scheduler/job_files_manager.py
index 6eca8c0b..78dbb437 100644
--- a/jupyter_scheduler/job_files_manager.py
+++ b/jupyter_scheduler/job_files_manager.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def download_tar(self, archive_format: str = "tar"):
 
         with fsspec.open(archive_filepath) as f:
             with tarfile.open(fileobj=f, mode=read_mode) as tar:
-                tar.extractall(self.output_dir, filter="data")
+                tar.extractall(self.output_dir)
 
     def download(self):
         # ensure presence of staging paths