diff --git a/daemon/archive.go b/daemon/archive.go
index 109376b4b5..9f56ca7503 100644
--- a/daemon/archive.go
+++ b/daemon/archive.go
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ func extractArchive(i interface{}, src io.Reader, dst string, opts *archive.TarO
 	return chrootarchive.UntarWithRoot(src, dst, opts, root)
 }
 
-func archivePath(i interface{}, src string, opts *archive.TarOptions, root string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func archivePath(i interface{}, src string, opts *archive.TarOptions) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	if ap, ok := i.(archiver); ok {
 		return ap.ArchivePath(src, opts)
 	}
-	return chrootarchive.Tar(src, opts, root)
+	return archive.TarWithOptions(src, opts)
 }
 
 // ContainerCopy performs a deprecated operation of archiving the resource at
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerArchivePath(container *container.Container, path
 	sourceDir, sourceBase := driver.Dir(resolvedPath), driver.Base(resolvedPath)
 	opts := archive.TarResourceRebaseOpts(sourceBase, driver.Base(absPath))
 
-	data, err := archivePath(driver, sourceDir, opts, container.BaseFS.Path())
+	data, err := archivePath(driver, sourceDir, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerCopy(container *container.Container, resource str
 	archive, err := archivePath(driver, basePath, &archive.TarOptions{
 		Compression:  archive.Uncompressed,
 		IncludeFiles: filter,
-	}, container.BaseFS.Path())
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/export.go b/daemon/export.go
index 01593f4e8a..27bc35967d 100644
--- a/daemon/export.go
+++ b/daemon/export.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerExport(container *container.Container) (arch io.R
 		Compression: archive.Uncompressed,
 		UIDMaps:     daemon.idMapping.UIDs(),
 		GIDMaps:     daemon.idMapping.GIDs(),
-	}, basefs.Path())
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		rwlayer.Unmount()
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive.go b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive.go
index 6ff61e6a76..7ebca3774c 100644
--- a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive.go
+++ b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive.go
@@ -87,11 +87,3 @@ func untarHandler(tarArchive io.Reader, dest string, options *archive.TarOptions
 
 	return invokeUnpack(r, dest, options, root)
 }
-
-// Tar tars the requested path while chrooted to the specified root.
-func Tar(srcPath string, options *archive.TarOptions, root string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	if options == nil {
-		options = &archive.TarOptions{}
-	}
-	return invokePack(srcPath, options, root)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
index ea2879dc00..96f07c4bb4 100644
--- a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/reexec"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // untar is the entry-point for docker-untar on re-exec. This is not used on
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ func untar() {
 	runtime.LockOSThread()
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	var options archive.TarOptions
+	var options *archive.TarOptions
 
 	//read the options from the pipe "ExtraFiles"
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(os.NewFile(3, "options")).Decode(&options); err != nil {
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ func untar() {
 		fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if err := archive.Unpack(os.Stdin, dst, &options); err != nil {
+	if err := archive.Unpack(os.Stdin, dst, options); err != nil {
 		fatal(err)
 	}
 	// fully consume stdin in case it is zero padded
@@ -59,9 +57,6 @@ func untar() {
 }
 
 func invokeUnpack(decompressedArchive io.Reader, dest string, options *archive.TarOptions, root string) error {
-	if root == "" {
-		return errors.New("must specify a root to chroot to")
-	}
 
 	// We can't pass a potentially large exclude list directly via cmd line
 	// because we easily overrun the kernel's max argument/environment size
@@ -117,92 +112,3 @@ func invokeUnpack(decompressedArchive io.Reader, dest string, options *archive.T
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-func tar() {
-	runtime.LockOSThread()
-	flag.Parse()
-
-	src := flag.Arg(0)
-	var root string
-	if len(flag.Args()) > 1 {
-		root = flag.Arg(1)
-	}
-
-	if root == "" {
-		root = src
-	}
-
-	if err := realChroot(root); err != nil {
-		fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	var options archive.TarOptions
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(os.Stdin).Decode(&options); err != nil {
-		fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	rdr, err := archive.TarWithOptions(src, &options)
-	if err != nil {
-		fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer rdr.Close()
-
-	if _, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, rdr); err != nil {
-		fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	os.Exit(0)
-}
-
-func invokePack(srcPath string, options *archive.TarOptions, root string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	if root == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("root path must not be empty")
-	}
-
-	relSrc, err := filepath.Rel(root, srcPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if relSrc == "." {
-		relSrc = "/"
-	}
-	if relSrc[0] != '/' {
-		relSrc = "/" + relSrc
-	}
-
-	// make sure we didn't trim a trailing slash with the call to `Rel`
-	if strings.HasSuffix(srcPath, "/") && !strings.HasSuffix(relSrc, "/") {
-		relSrc += "/"
-	}
-
-	cmd := reexec.Command("docker-tar", relSrc, root)
-
-	errBuff := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	cmd.Stderr = errBuff
-
-	tarR, tarW := io.Pipe()
-	cmd.Stdout = tarW
-
-	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error getting options pipe for tar process")
-	}
-
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "tar error on re-exec cmd")
-	}
-
-	go func() {
-		err := cmd.Wait()
-		err = errors.Wrapf(err, "error processing tar file: %s", errBuff)
-		tarW.CloseWithError(err)
-	}()
-
-	if err := json.NewEncoder(stdin).Encode(options); err != nil {
-		stdin.Close()
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "tar json encode to pipe failed")
-	}
-	stdin.Close()
-
-	return tarR, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix_test.go b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix_test.go
index f39a88ad38..d81c190481 100644
--- a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix_test.go
@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@
 package chrootarchive
 
 import (
-	gotar "archive/tar"
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
@@ -78,94 +75,3 @@ func TestUntarWithMaliciousSymlinks(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, string(hostData), "pwn3d")
 }
-
-// Test for CVE-2018-15664
-// Assures that in the case where an "attacker" controlled path is a symlink to
-// some path outside of a container's rootfs that we do not unwittingly leak
-// host data into the archive.
-func TestTarWithMaliciousSymlinks(t *testing.T) {
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-	// defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
-	t.Log(dir)
-
-	root := filepath.Join(dir, "root")
-
-	err = os.MkdirAll(root, 0755)
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-
-	hostFileData := []byte("I am a host file")
-
-	// Add a file into a directory above root
-	// Ensure that we can't access this file while tarring.
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "host-file"), hostFileData, 0644)
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-
-	safe := filepath.Join(root, "safe")
-	err = unix.Symlink(dir, safe)
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-
-	data := filepath.Join(dir, "data")
-	err = os.MkdirAll(data, 0755)
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-
-	type testCase struct {
-		p        string
-		includes []string
-	}
-
-	cases := []testCase{
-		{p: safe, includes: []string{"host-file"}},
-		{p: safe + "/", includes: []string{"host-file"}},
-		{p: safe, includes: nil},
-		{p: safe + "/", includes: nil},
-		{p: root, includes: []string{"safe/host-file"}},
-		{p: root, includes: []string{"/safe/host-file"}},
-		{p: root, includes: nil},
-	}
-
-	maxBytes := len(hostFileData)
-
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		t.Run(path.Join(tc.p+"_"+strings.Join(tc.includes, "_")), func(t *testing.T) {
-			// Here if we use archive.TarWithOptions directly or change the "root" parameter
-			// to be the same as "safe", data from the host will be leaked into the archive
-			var opts *archive.TarOptions
-			if tc.includes != nil {
-				opts = &archive.TarOptions{
-					IncludeFiles: tc.includes,
-				}
-			}
-			rdr, err := Tar(tc.p, opts, root)
-			assert.NilError(t, err)
-			defer rdr.Close()
-
-			tr := gotar.NewReader(rdr)
-			assert.Assert(t, !isDataInTar(t, tr, hostFileData, int64(maxBytes)), "host data leaked to archive")
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func isDataInTar(t *testing.T, tr *gotar.Reader, compare []byte, maxBytes int64) bool {
-	for {
-		h, err := tr.Next()
-		if err == io.EOF {
-			break
-		}
-		assert.NilError(t, err)
-
-		if h.Size == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		assert.Assert(t, h.Size <= maxBytes, "%s: file size exceeds max expected size %d: %d", h.Name, maxBytes, h.Size)
-
-		data := make([]byte, int(h.Size))
-		_, err = io.ReadFull(tr, data)
-		assert.NilError(t, err)
-		if bytes.Contains(data, compare) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_windows.go b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_windows.go
index de87113e95..bd5712c5c0 100644
--- a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_windows.go
@@ -20,10 +20,3 @@ func invokeUnpack(decompressedArchive io.ReadCloser,
 	// do the unpack. We call inline instead within the daemon process.
 	return archive.Unpack(decompressedArchive, longpath.AddPrefix(dest), options)
 }
-
-func invokePack(srcPath string, options *archive.TarOptions, root string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	// Windows is different to Linux here because Windows does not support
-	// chroot. Hence there is no point sandboxing a chrooted process to
-	// do the pack. We call inline instead within the daemon process.
-	return archive.TarWithOptions(srcPath, options)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/chrootarchive/init_unix.go b/pkg/chrootarchive/init_unix.go
index c24fea7d9c..a15e4bb83c 100644
--- a/pkg/chrootarchive/init_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/chrootarchive/init_unix.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	reexec.Register("docker-applyLayer", applyLayer)
 	reexec.Register("docker-untar", untar)
-	reexec.Register("docker-tar", tar)
 }
 
 func fatal(err error) {