diff --git a/deluge/plugins/extractor/extractor/core.py b/deluge/plugins/extractor/extractor/core.py
index 7df86a447..50f3faf26 100644
--- a/deluge/plugins/extractor/extractor/core.py
+++ b/deluge/plugins/extractor/extractor/core.py
@@ -132,11 +132,8 @@ class Core(CorePluginBase):
         files = tid.get_files()
         for f in files:
             cmd = ''
-            file_ext = os.path.splitext(f["path"])[1]
-            file_ext_sec = os.path.splitext(os.path.splitext(f["path"])[0])[1]
-            if file_ext in (".gz", ".bz2", ".lzma", ".xz") and file_ext_sec == ".tar":
-                cmd = EXTRACT_COMMANDS[".tar" + file_ext]
-            elif file_ext in EXTRACT_COMMANDS:
+            file_ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.splitext(f["path"])[0])[1] + os.path.splitext(f["path"])[1]
+            if file_ext in EXTRACT_COMMANDS:
                 cmd = EXTRACT_COMMANDS[file_ext]
             else:
                 log.error("EXTRACTOR: Can't extract unknown file type: %s", file_ext)
@@ -146,7 +143,7 @@ class Core(CorePluginBase):
             fpath = os.path.join(tid_status["save_path"], os.path.normpath(f["path"]))
 
             # Get the destination path
-            dest =  os.path.normpath(self.config["extract_path"])
+            dest = os.path.normpath(self.config["extract_path"])
             if self.config["use_name_folder"]:
                 name = tid_status["name"]
                 dest = os.path.join(dest, name)