diff --git a/cmd/artifact/install/install.go b/cmd/artifact/install/install.go
index 47538b4dd..b8f49a265 100644
--- a/cmd/artifact/install/install.go
+++ b/cmd/artifact/install/install.go
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func (o *artifactInstallOptions) RunArtifactInstall(ctx context.Context, args []
 			return err
 		}
 		// Extract artifact and move it to its destination directory
-		_, err = utils.ExtractTarGz(f, destDir, result.Type, 0)
+		_, err = utils.ExtractTarGz(f, destDir, 0)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cannot extract %q to %q: %w", result.Filename, destDir, err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/follower/follower.go b/internal/follower/follower.go
index 7d63e6b17..398c6fcfc 100644
--- a/internal/follower/follower.go
+++ b/internal/follower/follower.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (f *Follower) pull(ctx context.Context) (filePaths []string, res *oci.Regis
 	}
 
 	// Extract artifact and move it to its destination directory
-	filePaths, err = utils.ExtractTarGz(file, f.tmpDir, res.Type, 0)
+	filePaths, err = utils.ExtractTarGz(file, f.tmpDir, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return filePaths, res, fmt.Errorf("unable to extract %q to %q: %w", res.Filename, f.tmpDir, err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/utils/extract.go b/internal/utils/extract.go
index 5f18f0d07..1f7433a8a 100644
--- a/internal/utils/extract.go
+++ b/internal/utils/extract.go
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/pkg/oci"
 )
 
 // ExtractTarGz extracts a *.tar.gz compressed archive and moves its content to destDir.
 // Returns a slice containing the full path of the extracted files.
-func ExtractTarGz(gzipStream io.Reader, destDir string, artifactType oci.ArtifactType, stripPathComponents int) ([]string, error) {
+func ExtractTarGz(gzipStream io.Reader, destDir string, stripPathComponents int) ([]string, error) {
 	var files []string
 
 	uncompressedStream, err := gzip.NewReader(gzipStream)
@@ -59,16 +57,11 @@ func ExtractTarGz(gzipStream io.Reader, destDir string, artifactType oci.Artifac
 
 		switch header.Typeflag {
 		case tar.TypeDir:
-			if artifactType == oci.Plugin || artifactType == oci.Rulesfile {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexepected dir inside the archive, "+
-					"expected to find only files without any tree structure for %q artifacts", artifactType.String())
-			} else if artifactType == oci.Asset {
-				d := filepath.Join(destDir, strippedName)
-				if err = os.Mkdir(filepath.Clean(d), 0o750); err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				files = append(files, d)
+			d := filepath.Join(destDir, strippedName)
+			if err = os.Mkdir(filepath.Clean(d), 0o750); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
+			files = append(files, d)
 		case tar.TypeReg:
 			f := filepath.Join(destDir, strippedName)
 			outFile, err := os.Create(filepath.Clean(f))
diff --git a/pkg/driver/distro/distro.go b/pkg/driver/distro/distro.go
index 2114b2c2f..628b964e3 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/distro/distro.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/distro/distro.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/internal/utils"
 	drivertype "github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/pkg/driver/type"
-	"github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/pkg/oci"
 	"github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl/pkg/output"
 )
 
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ func downloadKernelSrc(ctx context.Context,
 	// todo(loresuso,fededp): use oci.Asset as the artifact type
 	// oci.Asset is generic enough to be used for kernel sources but we might want to find
 	// a better way to handle this.
-	_, err = utils.ExtractTarGz(resp.Body, fullKernelDir, oci.Asset, stripComponents)
+	_, err = utils.ExtractTarGz(resp.Body, fullKernelDir, stripComponents)
 	if err != nil {
 		return env, err
 	}