diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index c07da4c..69fa158 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ pkg_extract_tar_hack() {
     tmp_file "$1" tarball
     tmp_file "$1" tarball-manifest
 
+    unset _seen
+
     decompress "$2" > "$_tmp_file_pre" ||
         die "$1" "Failed to decompress $2"