diff --git a/src/archive/tar.rs b/src/archive/tar.rs
index a778728..c71cdbb 100644
--- a/src/archive/tar.rs
+++ b/src/archive/tar.rs
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ pub fn unpack_archive(
         }
 
         if file_path.is_dir() {
-            // We can't just use `fs::File::create(&file_path)` because it would return io::ErrorKind::IsADirectory
             // ToDo: Maybe we should emphasise that `file_path` is a directory and everything inside it will be gone?
             fs::remove_dir_all(&file_path)?;
-            fs::File::create(&file_path)?;
+        } else if file_path.is_file() {
+            fs::remove_file(&file_path)?;
         }
 
         file.unpack_in(output_folder)?;
diff --git a/src/archive/zip.rs b/src/archive/zip.rs
index 83de647..9085129 100644
--- a/src/archive/zip.rs
+++ b/src/archive/zip.rs
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ where
         }
 
         if file_path.is_dir() {
-            // We can't just use `fs::File::create(&file_path)` because it would return io::ErrorKind::IsADirectory
             // ToDo: Maybe we should emphasise that `file_path` is a directory and everything inside it will be gone?
             fs::remove_dir_all(&file_path)?;
-            fs::File::create(&file_path)?;
+        } else if file_path.is_file() {
+            fs::remove_file(&file_path)?;
         }
 
         check_for_comments(&file);