diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 987547a..c5ee469 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ Bug fixes:
   Upgrade `grep` crate to `regex-syntax 0.5.0`.
 * [BUG #893](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/893):
   Improve support for git submodules.
+* [BUG #918](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/918):
+  Don't skip tar archives when `-z/--search-zip` is used.
 * [BUG #934](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/934):
   Don't respect gitignore files when searching outside git repositories.
 * [BUG #948](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/948):
diff --git a/src/decompressor.rs b/src/decompressor.rs
index 235849b..d25c2f5 100644
--- a/src/decompressor.rs
+++ b/src/decompressor.rs
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ impl DecompressionReader {
     /// If there is any error in spawning the decompression command, then
     /// return `None`, after outputting any necessary debug or error messages.
     pub fn from_path(path: &Path) -> Option<DecompressionReader> {
-        if is_tar_archive(path) {
-            debug!("{}: skipping tar archive", path.display());
-            return None;
-        }
         let extension = match path.extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str) {
             Some(extension) => extension,
             None => {