diff --git a/backend/comics/comics-document.c b/backend/comics/comics-document.c
index a135a74..380cb54 100644
--- a/backend/comics/comics-document.c
+++ b/backend/comics/comics-document.c
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
 
 typedef enum
 {
-	RARLABS,
-	GNAUNRAR,
+	LIBARCHIVE,
 	UNZIP,
 	P7ZIP,
 	TAR
@@ -107,11 +106,8 @@ typedef struct {
 } ComicBookDecompressCommand;
 
 static const ComicBookDecompressCommand command_usage_def[] = {
-        /* RARLABS unrar */
-	{"%s p -c- -ierr --", "%s vb -c- -- %s", NULL             , FALSE, NO_OFFSET},
-
-        /* GNA! unrar */
-	{NULL               , "%s t %s"        , "%s -xf %s %s"   , FALSE, NO_OFFSET},
+        /* libarchive */
+	{NULL               , "%s tf %s"        , "%s xf %s %s"   , FALSE, NO_OFFSET},
 
         /* unzip */
 	{"%s -p -C --"      , "%s %s"          , NULL             , TRUE , OFFSET_ZIP},
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@ comics_generate_command_lines (ComicsDocument *comics_document,
                 if (comics_document->dir == NULL)
                         return FALSE;
 
-		/* unrar-free can't create directories, but ev_mkdtemp already created the dir */
+		/* libarchive can't create directories on rar support, but ev_mkdtemp already created the dir */
 
 		comics_document->decompress_tmp =
 			g_strdup_printf (command_usage_def[type].decompress_tmp, 
@@ -321,51 +317,10 @@ comics_check_decompress_command	(gchar          *mime_type,
 	
 	if (!strcmp (mime_type, "application/x-cbr") ||
 	    !strcmp (mime_type, "application/x-rar")) {
-	        /* The RARLAB provides a no-charge proprietary (freeware) 
-	        * decompress-only client for Linux called unrar. Another 
-		* option is a GPLv2-licensed command-line tool developed by 
-		* the Gna! project. Confusingly enough, the free software RAR 
-		* decoder is also named unrar. For this reason we need to add 
-		* some lines for disambiguation. Sorry for the added the 
-		* complexity but it's life :)
-		* Finally, some distributions, like Debian, rename this free 
-		* option as unrar-free. 
-		* */
-		comics_document->selected_command = 
-					g_find_program_in_path ("unrar");
-		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			/* We only use std_err to avoid printing useless error 
-			 * messages on the terminal */
-			success = 
-				g_spawn_command_line_sync (
-				              comics_document->selected_command, 
-							   &std_out, &std_err,
-							   &retval, &err);
-			if (!success) {
-				g_propagate_error (error, err);
-				g_error_free (err);
-				return FALSE;
-			/* I don't check retval status because RARLAB unrar 
-			 * doesn't have a way to return 0 without involving an 
-			 * operation with a file*/
-			} else if (WIFEXITED (retval)) {
-				if (g_strrstr (std_out,"freeware") != NULL)
-					/* The RARLAB freeware client */
-					comics_document->command_usage = RARLABS;
-				else
-					/* The Gna! free software client */
-					comics_document->command_usage = GNAUNRAR;
-
-				g_free (std_out);
-				g_free (std_err);
-				return TRUE;
-			}
-		}
-		/* The Gna! free software client with Debian naming convention */
 		comics_document->selected_command = 
-				g_find_program_in_path ("unrar-free");
+				g_find_program_in_path ("bsdtar");
 		if (comics_document->selected_command) {
-			comics_document->command_usage = GNAUNRAR;
+			comics_document->command_usage = LIBARCHIVE;
 			return TRUE;
 		}