--- client-src/sendbackup-gnutar.c.orig	Wed Jan 14 10:50:27 1998
+++ client-src/sendbackup-gnutar.c	Wed Jan 14 10:50:32 1998
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@
 			"gtar", "--create",
 			"--directory", dirname, "--newer", dumptimestr,
 			"--incremental","--sparse","--one-file-system",
-			"--atime-preserve","--totals",
-			"--file", "-", ".",
+			"--totals","--file", "-", ".",
 			(char *) 0);
 
     /* close the write ends of the pipes */
