diff --git a/icinga-build-deb-source b/icinga-build-deb-source
index 0703e3d65cd0f85bebdee66b303727ee7a2a8896..030fd95ac50b210cd39106de6cecd0cefd157ecb 100755
--- a/icinga-build-deb-source
+++ b/icinga-build-deb-source
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ tar xvf "${tarball}" \
   --exclude="debian/*" \
   --strip 1 \
   -C "${BUILDDIR}/${ICINGA_BUILD_PROJECT}"/
-exit 1
 
 # build source debian package
 cd "${BUILDDIR}/${ICINGA_BUILD_PROJECT}"