--- /usr/bin/emerge-webrsync.orig	2015-10-07 17:49:58.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/bin/emerge-webrsync	2016-02-03 18:42:00.505999110 -0500
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 	local compressions=""
 	# xz is not supported in app-arch/tarsync, so use
 	# bz2 format if we have tarsync.
-	if ! type -P tarsync > /dev/null ; then
+	if false && ! type -P tarsync > /dev/null ; then
 		type -P xzcat > /dev/null && compressions="${compressions} xz"
 	fi
 	type -P bzcat > /dev/null && compressions="${compressions} bz2"