diff --git a/src/format/tar.rs b/src/format/tar.rs
index c7c6834..526aa98 100644
--- a/src/format/tar.rs
+++ b/src/format/tar.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::format::gzip::GZipFormat;
 use crate::format::xz::XZFormat;
 use crate::format::{FileFormat, FileObject};
-use crate::utils::xz_decoder::XzDecoder;
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use libflate::gzip;
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -48,8 +47,11 @@ impl FileFormat for TarFormat {
         let mut reader = BufReader::new(File::open(file).context("Opening input")?);
         match self {
             TarFormat::Xz => {
-                let mut decoder = XzDecoder::new(reader);
-                extract_tar(&mut decoder, output)
+                tracing::debug!("Creating memory mapped file");
+                tracing::debug!("Decompressing into memorys");
+                let mut buf = Vec::new();
+                lzma_rs::xz_decompress(&mut reader, &mut buf).context("Decompressing file")?;
+                extract_tar(&mut &buf[..], output)
             }
             TarFormat::Gz => {
                 let mut decoder = gzip::Decoder::new(&mut reader).context("Creating decoder")?;
diff --git a/src/utils/channel_sink.rs b/src/utils/channel_sink.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index aba1b27..0000000
--- a/src/utils/channel_sink.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-use std::io::{ErrorKind, Write};
-use std::sync::mpsc::{sync_channel, Receiver, SyncSender};
-use std::{io, mem};
-
-pub struct ChannelSink {
-    buffer: Vec<u8>,
-    block_size: usize,
-    tx: SyncSender<Vec<u8>>,
-}
-
-impl ChannelSink {
-    /// Creates a new sink with a channel to send the data to
-    pub fn new(block_size: usize) -> (Self, Receiver<Vec<u8>>) {
-        let (tx, rx) = sync_channel(1);
-        (
-            Self {
-                buffer: Vec::new(),
-                block_size,
-                tx,
-            },
-            rx,
-        )
-    }
-}
-
-impl Write for ChannelSink {
-    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all, level = "trace")]
-    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
-        self.buffer.append(&mut buf.to_vec());
-        if self.buffer.len() >= self.block_size {
-            tracing::trace!("Block size reached. Sending buffer...");
-            self.tx
-                .send(mem::take(&mut self.buffer))
-                .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, e))?;
-        }
-
-        Ok(buf.len())
-    }
-
-    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all, level = "trace")]
-    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        if !self.buffer.is_empty() {
-            self.tx
-                .send(mem::take(&mut self.buffer))
-                .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, e))?;
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-impl Drop for ChannelSink {
-    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all, level = "trace")]
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if let Err(e) = self.flush() {
-            tracing::debug!("Error while trying to flush buffer during drop {e}")
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index a375c82..8b13789 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-pub mod xz_decoder;
-pub mod channel_sink;
+
diff --git a/src/utils/xz_decoder.rs b/src/utils/xz_decoder.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a9f6151..0000000
--- a/src/utils/xz_decoder.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-use crate::utils::channel_sink::ChannelSink;
-use lzma_rs::xz_decompress;
-use std::cmp::min;
-use std::io;
-use std::io::{BufRead, Read, Write};
-use std::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
-
-pub struct XzDecoder {
-    buffer: Vec<u8>,
-    rx: Receiver<Vec<u8>>,
-}
-
-impl XzDecoder {
-    pub fn new<R: BufRead + Send + 'static>(mut reader: R) -> Self {
-        let (mut sink, rx) = ChannelSink::new(1024);
-        std::thread::spawn(move || {
-            tracing::debug!("Async decompression thread running");
-            if let Err(e) = xz_decompress(&mut reader, &mut sink) {
-                tracing::error!("Async decompressing finished with error {e}");
-            } else {
-                tracing::debug!("async decompressing succeeded");
-            }
-        });
-        Self {
-            rx,
-            buffer: Vec::new(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Read for XzDecoder {
-    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all, level = "trace")]
-    fn read(&mut self, mut buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.buffer.reverse();
-        if self.buffer.is_empty() {
-            tracing::trace!("Receiving chunk from channel");
-            if let Ok(chunk) = self.rx.recv() {
-                self.buffer = chunk;
-            } else {
-                tracing::debug!("Receiving timed out");
-            }
-        }
-
-        let max_write = min(self.buffer.len(), buf.len());
-        tracing::trace!("Wrote {max_write} bytes");
-        buf.write_all(&self.buffer[0..max_write])?;
-        self.buffer.reverse();
-        self.buffer.truncate(self.buffer.len() - max_write);
-
-        Ok(max_write)
-    }
-}