diff --git a/cmake/checker.cmake b/cmake/checker.cmake
index 56683c7ab5f074d8daad88f3473000acfa122a2e..4aaec1b3cf7fa92c20da4e1286d40dfec6f21aab 100644
--- a/cmake/checker.cmake
+++ b/cmake/checker.cmake
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ find_library(LIBARCHIVE_LIBRARY archive
     HINTS ${PC_LIBARCHIVE_LIBDIR} ${PC_LIBARCHIVE_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 _CHECK(LIBARCHIVE_LIBRARY "LIBARCHIVE_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND" "libarchive.so")
 
-# check libtar
-find_path(LIBTAR_INCLUDE_DIR libtar.h
-	HINTS ${PC_LIBTAR_INCLUDEDIR} ${PC_LIBTAR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-_CHECK(LIBTAR_INCLUDE_DIR "LIBTAR_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND" "libtar.h")
-find_library(LIBTAR_LIBRARY tar
-	HINTS ${PC_LIBTAR_LIBDIR} ${PC_LIBTAR_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-_CHECK(LIBTAR_LIBRARY "LIBTAR_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND" "libtar.so")
-
 # check libcrypto
 pkg_check_modules(PC_CRYPTO REQUIRED "libcrypto")
 find_library(CRYPTO_LIBRARY crypto
diff --git a/iSulad.spec b/iSulad.spec
index 06a05721f48a21837ff12ad4ca0d5aa59bcebcb1..282b0c5a7df34c0909d06483761bd385027e96bd 100644
--- a/iSulad.spec
+++ b/iSulad.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Requires(preun): initscripts
 
 BuildRequires: cmake gcc-c++ lxc lxc-devel lcr-devel yajl-devel clibcni-devel
 BuildRequires: grpc grpc-plugins grpc-devel protobuf-devel
-BuildRequires: libcurl libcurl-devel sqlite-devel libarchive-devel libtar-devel device-mapper-devel
+BuildRequires: libcurl libcurl-devel sqlite-devel libarchive-devel device-mapper-devel
 BuildRequires: http-parser-devel
 BuildRequires: libseccomp-devel libcap-devel libselinux-devel libwebsockets libwebsockets-devel
 BuildRequires: systemd-devel git
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Requires:      lcr lxc clibcni
 Requires:      grpc protobuf
 Requires:      libcurl
 Requires:      sqlite http-parser libseccomp
-Requires:      libcap libselinux libwebsockets libarchive libtar device-mapper
+Requires:      libcap libselinux libwebsockets libarchive device-mapper
 Requires:      systemd
 
 %description
diff --git a/src/daemon/modules/image/oci/oci_export.c b/src/daemon/modules/image/oci/oci_export.c
index 003d71b34a767148eb2e2bb1a2ddc65a0b13cf62..ca4b8276b00d7e474183584909de4742a45f1354 100644
--- a/src/daemon/modules/image/oci/oci_export.c
+++ b/src/daemon/modules/image/oci/oci_export.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "oci_export.h"
 #include "isula_libutils/log.h"
 #include "err_msg.h"
-#include "isulad_tar.h"
+#include "util_archive.h"
 
 int oci_do_export(char *id, char *file)
 {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int oci_do_export(char *id, char *file)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    ret = chroot_tar(mount_point, file, &errmsg);
+    ret = archive_chroot_tar(mount_point, file, &errmsg);
     if (ret != 0) {
         ERROR("failed to export container %s to file %s: %s", id, file, errmsg);
         isulad_set_error_message("Failed to export rootfs with error: %s", errmsg);
diff --git a/src/utils/tar/isulad_tar.c b/src/utils/tar/isulad_tar.c
index 6baf637879384af52ceafbd03c19a993f5c50730..7d0088e6699b6b631431b84462fe06a14a1cdafb 100644
--- a/src/utils/tar/isulad_tar.c
+++ b/src/utils/tar/isulad_tar.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <libtar.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "stdbool.h"
@@ -43,8 +42,6 @@
 #define TAR_EXACT_OPT "-x"
 #define TAR_CHDIR_OPT "-C"
 #define TAR_GZIP_OPT "-z"
-#define TAR_DEFAULT_MODE 0600
-#define TAR_DEFAULT_FLAG (O_WRONLY | O_CREAT)
 
 static void set_char_to_separator(char *p)
 {
@@ -892,125 +889,3 @@ int tar_resource(const struct archive_copy_info *info, struct io_read_wrapper *a
 {
     return tar_resource_rebase(info->path, info->rebase_name, archive_reader, err);
 }
-
-static int tar_all(char *path, int fd)
-{
-    TAR *tar = NULL;
-    int ret = 0;
-
-    ret = tar_fdopen(&tar, fd, NULL, NULL, TAR_DEFAULT_FLAG, TAR_DEFAULT_MODE, TAR_GNU);
-    if (ret != 0) {
-        ERROR("open file for exporting container rootfs failed: %s", strerror(errno));
-        fprintf(stderr, "open file for exporting container rootfs failed: %s", strerror(errno));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    ret = tar_append_tree(tar, path, ".");
-    if (ret != 0) {
-        ERROR("append files tree for exporting container rootfs failed: %s", strerror(errno));
-        fprintf(stderr, "append files tree for exporting container rootfs failed: %s", strerror(errno));
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-out:
-
-    tar_close(tar);
-    tar = NULL;
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-int chroot_tar(char *path, char *file, char **errmsg)
-{
-    int ret = 0;
-    pid_t pid;
-    int pipe_for_read[2] = { -1, -1 };
-    int keepfds[] = { -1, -1 };
-    char errbuf[BUFSIZ] = {0};
-    int fd = 0;
-
-    if (pipe2(pipe_for_read, O_CLOEXEC) != 0) {
-        ERROR("Failed to create pipe");
-        ret = -1;
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    pid = fork();
-    if (pid == (pid_t) -1) {
-        ERROR("Failed to fork()");
-        ret = -1;
-        close(pipe_for_read[0]);
-        close(pipe_for_read[1]);
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
-    if (pid == (pid_t)0) {
-        keepfds[0] = isula_libutils_get_log_fd();
-        keepfds[1] = pipe_for_read[1];
-        ret = util_check_inherited_exclude_fds(true, keepfds, 2);
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            ERROR("Failed to close fds.");
-            ret = -1;
-            goto child_out;
-        }
-
-        // child process, dup2 pipe_for_read[1] to stderr,
-        if (dup2(pipe_for_read[1], 2) < 0) {
-            ERROR("Dup fd error: %s", strerror(errno));
-            ret = -1;
-            goto child_out;
-        }
-
-        fd = open(file, TAR_DEFAULT_FLAG, TAR_DEFAULT_MODE);
-        if (fd < 0) {
-            ERROR("Failed to open file %s for export: %s", file, strerror(errno));
-            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open file %s for export: %s", file, strerror(errno));
-            ret = -1;
-            goto child_out;
-        }
-
-        if (chroot(path) != 0) {
-            ERROR("Failed to chroot to %s", path);
-            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to chroot to %s", path);
-            ret = -1;
-            goto child_out;
-        }
-
-        if (chdir("/") != 0) {
-            ERROR("Failed to chroot to /");
-            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to chroot to /");
-            ret = -1;
-            goto child_out;
-        }
-
-        ret = tar_all("/", fd);
-
-child_out:
-
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        } else {
-            exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-        }
-    }
-
-    ret = wait_for_pid(pid);
-    if (ret != 0) {
-        ERROR("tar failed");
-        if (read(pipe_for_read[0], errbuf, BUFSIZ) < 0) {
-            ERROR("read error message from child failed");
-        }
-        close(pipe_for_read[0]);
-        pipe_for_read[0] = -1;
-    }
-
-    close(pipe_for_read[1]);
-    pipe_for_read[1] = -1;
-
-cleanup:
-    if (errmsg != NULL && strlen(errbuf) != 0) {
-        *errmsg = util_strdup_s(errbuf);
-    }
-
-    return ret;
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/tar/isulad_tar.h b/src/utils/tar/isulad_tar.h
index de14f158dec653edb6b9649dca4df059a852ccbe..e2b78463c89afcaf66b616613e13d0120d8bdaaa 100644
--- a/src/utils/tar/isulad_tar.h
+++ b/src/utils/tar/isulad_tar.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ int archive_copy_to(const struct io_read_wrapper *content, bool compression, con
 int archive_path(const char *srcdir, const char *srcbase, const char *rebase_name, bool compression,
                  struct io_read_wrapper *archive_reader);
 
-int chroot_tar(char *path, char *file, char **errmsg);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/utils/tar/util_archive.c b/src/utils/tar/util_archive.c
index 8887577a5c8f434d7ddaed92d5b7ddf7d26206e7..8d398f8146577df23c2948eb7945618bcb9779e5 100644
--- a/src/utils/tar/util_archive.c
+++ b/src/utils/tar/util_archive.c
@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@
 #include "isula_libutils/log.h"
 #include "io_wrapper.h"
 #include "utils_file.h"
+#include "map.h"
 
 struct archive;
 struct archive_entry;
 
 #define ARCHIVE_READ_BUFFER_SIZE (10 * 1024)
+#define TAR_DEFAULT_MODE 0600
+#define TAR_DEFAULT_FLAG (O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC)
 
 #define WHITEOUT_PREFIX ".wh."
 #define WHITEOUT_META_PREFIX ".wh..wh."
@@ -352,3 +355,272 @@ out:
 
     return (ret == ARCHIVE_OK);
 }
+
+static int copy_data_between_archives(struct archive *ar, struct archive *aw)
+{
+    int ret = ARCHIVE_FAILED;
+    const void *buff = NULL;
+    size_t size;
+    int64_t offset;
+
+    for (;;) {
+        ret = archive_read_data_block(ar, &buff, &size, &offset);
+        if (ret == ARCHIVE_EOF) {
+            return ARCHIVE_OK;
+        }
+        if (ret < ARCHIVE_OK) {
+            ERROR("tar archive read result %d, error: %s", ret, archive_error_string(ar));
+            fprintf(stderr, "tar archive read result %d, error: %s", ret, archive_error_string(ar));
+            return ret;
+        }
+        ret = archive_write_data(aw, buff, size);
+        if (ret < ARCHIVE_OK) {
+            ERROR("tar archive write result %d, error: %s", ret, archive_error_string(aw));
+            fprintf(stderr, "tar archive write result %d, error: %s", ret, archive_error_string(aw));
+            return ret;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+int update_entry_for_hardlink(map_t *map_link, struct archive_entry *entry)
+{
+    const char *path = archive_entry_pathname(entry);
+    char *linkname = NULL;
+    unsigned int nlink = archive_entry_nlink(entry);
+    int ino = archive_entry_ino(entry);
+
+    // hardlink is regular file, not type AE_IFLNK
+    if (archive_entry_filetype(entry) != AE_IFREG) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    // no hardlink
+    if (nlink <= 1) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    linkname = map_search(map_link, (void*)&ino);
+    if (linkname == NULL) {
+        linkname = (char*)path;
+        if (!map_insert(map_link, (void*)&ino, linkname)) {
+            ERROR("insert to map failed");
+            fprintf(stderr, "insert to map failed");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    archive_entry_set_size(entry, 0);
+    archive_entry_set_hardlink(entry, linkname);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void link_kvfree(void *key, void *value)
+{
+    free(key);
+    free(value);
+    return;
+}
+
+int tar_handler(struct archive *r, struct archive *w)
+{
+    int ret = ARCHIVE_OK;
+    struct archive_entry *entry = NULL;
+    map_t *map_link = NULL;
+
+    map_link = map_new(MAP_INT_STR, MAP_DEFAULT_CMP_FUNC, link_kvfree);
+    if (map_link == NULL) {
+        ERROR("out of memory");
+        fprintf(stderr, "out of memory\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    for (;;) {
+        ret = archive_read_next_header(r, &entry);
+        if (ret == ARCHIVE_EOF) {
+            ret = ARCHIVE_OK;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+            ERROR("read from disk failed: %s", archive_error_string(r));
+            fprintf(stderr, "read from disk failed: %s\n", archive_error_string(r));
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (update_entry_for_hardlink(map_link, entry) != 0) {
+            ret = ARCHIVE_FAILED;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        ret = archive_write_header(w, entry);
+        if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+            ERROR("Fail to write tar header: %s", archive_error_string(w));
+            fprintf(stderr, "Fail to write tar header: %s\nlink:%s target:%s",
+                    archive_error_string(w), archive_entry_pathname(entry),
+                    archive_entry_hardlink(entry));
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (archive_entry_size(entry) > 0) {
+            ret = copy_data_between_archives(r, w);
+            if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+                ERROR("Failed to do copy data: %s", archive_error_string(w));
+                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to do copy data: %s\n", archive_error_string(w));
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        ret = archive_write_finish_entry(w);
+        if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+            ERROR("Failed to freeing archive entry: %s\n", archive_error_string(w));
+            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to freeing archive entry: %s\n", archive_error_string(w));
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (archive_entry_filetype(entry) == AE_IFDIR) {
+            ret = archive_read_disk_descend(r);
+            if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+                ERROR("read disk descend failed: %s\n", archive_error_string(w));
+                fprintf(stderr, "read disk descend failed: %s\n", archive_error_string(w));
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    map_free(map_link);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int tar_all(int fd)
+{
+    struct archive *r = NULL;
+    struct archive *w = NULL;
+    int ret = ARCHIVE_OK;
+
+    r = archive_read_disk_new();
+    archive_read_disk_set_standard_lookup(r);
+    archive_read_disk_set_symlink_physical(r);
+    archive_read_disk_set_behavior(r, ARCHIVE_READDISK_NO_TRAVERSE_MOUNTS);
+    ret = archive_read_disk_open(r, ".");
+    if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+        ERROR("open archive read failed: %s", archive_error_string(r));
+        fprintf(stderr, "open archive read failed: %s\n", archive_error_string(r));
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    w = archive_write_new();
+    archive_write_set_format_pax(w);
+    ret = archive_write_open_fd(w, fd);
+    if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+        ERROR("open archive write failed: %s", archive_error_string(w));
+        fprintf(stderr, "open archive write failed: %s\n", archive_error_string(w));
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = tar_handler(r, w);
+
+out:
+    archive_free(r);
+    archive_free(w);
+
+    return (ret == ARCHIVE_OK) ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
+int archive_chroot_tar(char *path, char *file, char **errmsg)
+{
+    int ret = 0;
+    pid_t pid;
+    int pipe_for_read[2] = { -1, -1 };
+    int keepfds[] = { -1, -1 };
+    char errbuf[BUFSIZ] = {0};
+    int fd = 0;
+
+    if (pipe2(pipe_for_read, O_CLOEXEC) != 0) {
+        ERROR("Failed to create pipe");
+        ret = -1;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    pid = fork();
+    if (pid == (pid_t) -1) {
+        ERROR("Failed to fork()");
+        ret = -1;
+        close(pipe_for_read[0]);
+        close(pipe_for_read[1]);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (pid == (pid_t)0) {
+        keepfds[0] = isula_libutils_get_log_fd();
+        keepfds[1] = pipe_for_read[1];
+        ret = util_check_inherited_exclude_fds(true, keepfds, 2);
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            ERROR("Failed to close fds.");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto child_out;
+        }
+
+        // child process, dup2 pipe_for_read[1] to stderr,
+        if (dup2(pipe_for_read[1], 2) < 0) {
+            ERROR("Dup fd error: %s", strerror(errno));
+            ret = -1;
+            goto child_out;
+        }
+
+        fd = open(file, TAR_DEFAULT_FLAG, TAR_DEFAULT_MODE);
+        if (fd < 0) {
+            ERROR("Failed to open file %s for export: %s", file, strerror(errno));
+            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open file %s for export: %s\n", file, strerror(errno));
+            ret = -1;
+            goto child_out;
+        }
+
+        if (chroot(path) != 0) {
+            ERROR("Failed to chroot to %s", path);
+            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to chroot to %s\n", path);
+            ret = -1;
+            goto child_out;
+        }
+
+        if (chdir("/") != 0) {
+            ERROR("Failed to chroot to /");
+            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to chroot to /\n");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto child_out;
+        }
+
+        ret = tar_all(fd);
+
+child_out:
+
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        } else {
+            exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret = wait_for_pid(pid);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        ERROR("tar failed");
+        fcntl(pipe_for_read[0], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+        if (read(pipe_for_read[0], errbuf, BUFSIZ) < 0) {
+            ERROR("read error message from child failed");
+        }
+        close(pipe_for_read[0]);
+        pipe_for_read[0] = -1;
+    }
+
+    close(pipe_for_read[1]);
+    pipe_for_read[1] = -1;
+
+cleanup:
+    if (errmsg != NULL && strlen(errbuf) != 0) {
+        *errmsg = util_strdup_s(errbuf);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/tar/util_archive.h b/src/utils/tar/util_archive.h
index 0bfa385292d2e0291b1dfb7364ea9fe798738cef..4c4e4a1e3deeed7c51ea291b29da1bc6ecb509ed 100644
--- a/src/utils/tar/util_archive.h
+++ b/src/utils/tar/util_archive.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ int archive_unpack(const struct io_read_wrapper *content, const char *dstdir, co
 
 bool valid_archive_format(const char *file);
 
+int archive_chroot_tar(char *path, char *file, char **errmsg);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif