diff --git a/make-no-dlcompat-tarball.sh b/make-no-dlcompat-tarball.sh
index 3ba7b5a..9fe9aa6 100755
--- a/make-no-dlcompat-tarball.sh
+++ b/make-no-dlcompat-tarball.sh
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ for tarball in ${initialdir}/cyrus-sasl-*.tar.{gz,bz2} ; do
 		;;
 	*.gz)
 		gzip  -dc "$tarball" | tar xf -
-		rm -fr cyrus-sasl-*/dlcompat
-		tar cf - * | gzip  -c > \
+		rm -fr cyrus-sasl-*/dlcompat*
+		tar cf - * | gzip  -9c > \
 		$initialdir/`basename $tarball .tar.gz`-nodlcompat.tar.gz
 		;;
 	*.bz2)
 		bzip2 -dc "$tarball" | tar xf -
-		rm -fr cyrus-sasl-*/dlcompat
-		tar cf - * | bzip2 -c > \
+		rm -fr cyrus-sasl-*/dlcompat*
+		tar cf - * | bzip2 -9c > \
 		$initialdir/`basename $tarball .tar.bz2`-nodlcompat.tar.bz2
 		;;
 	esac