diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3b92ed..d26e725 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CORE_LIB_DIR=lib
 CORE_SRC_DIR=src
 
 # Build core steps
-build_core: build_core_src
+build_core: build_core_lib build_core_src
 
 include $(CORE_DIR)/$(CORE_LIB_DIR)/Makefile
 include $(CORE_DIR)/$(CORE_SRC_DIR)/Makefile
diff --git a/lib/libtar b/lib/libtar
deleted file mode 160000
index 6d0ab4c..0000000
--- a/lib/libtar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6d0ab4c78e7a8305c36a0c3d63fd25cd1493de65