diff --git a/target/scripts/build/packages.sh b/target/scripts/build/packages.sh
index bcfdcbcb..3f8eaae9 100644
--- a/target/scripts/build/packages.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/build/packages.sh
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ function _install_utils() {
   _log 'debug' 'Installing utils sourced from Github'
   _log 'trace' 'Installing jaq'
   local JAQ_TAG='v2.1.0'
-  curl -sSfL "https://github.com/01mf02/jaq/releases/download/${JAQ_TAG}/jaq-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu" -o /usr/bin/jaq
-  chmod +x /usr/bin/jaq
+  curl -sSfL "https://github.com/01mf02/jaq/releases/download/${JAQ_TAG}/jaq-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu" -o /usr/local/bin/jaq
+  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jaq
 
   _log 'trace' 'Installing swaks'
+  # `perl-doc` is required for `swaks --help` to work:
   apt-get "${QUIET}" install --no-install-recommends perl-doc
   local SWAKS_VERSION='20240103.0'
   local SWAKS_RELEASE="swaks-${SWAKS_VERSION}"
-  curl -sSfL "https://github.com/jetmore/swaks/releases/download/v${SWAKS_VERSION}/${SWAKS_RELEASE}.tar.gz" | tar -xz
-  mv "${SWAKS_RELEASE}/swaks" /usr/local/bin
-  rm -r "${SWAKS_RELEASE}"
+  curl -sSfL "https://github.com/jetmore/swaks/releases/download/v${SWAKS_VERSION}/${SWAKS_RELEASE}.tar.gz" \
+    | tar -xz --directory /usr/local/bin --no-same-owner --strip-components=1 "${SWAKS_RELEASE}/swaks"
 }
 
 function _install_postfix() {