diff --git a/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py b/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py
index 387be39492..92add3ded3 100755
--- a/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ def unpack(self, arch):
                         info('Extracting {} at {}'.format(extraction_filename, filename))
                         sh.tar('xjf', extraction_filename)
                         root_directory = sh.tar('tjf', extraction_filename).stdout.decode(
-                                                'utf-8').split('\n')[0].strip('/')
+                                                'utf-8').split('\n')[0].split('/')[0]
                         if root_directory != directory_name:
                             shprint(sh.mv, root_directory, directory_name)
                     elif extraction_filename.endswith('.zip'):