diff --git a/benches/bench_tar.rs b/benches/bench_tar.rs
index 555a1f8..aae35f0 100644
--- a/benches/bench_tar.rs
+++ b/benches/bench_tar.rs
@@ -186,13 +186,7 @@ fn extract_archive_20_files(bencher: divan::Bencher) {
         .bench_local_values(|extract_dir| {
             std::env::set_current_dir(extract_dir.path()).unwrap();
             let input = File::open(&archive_path).unwrap();
-            operations::extract::extract_archive(
-                input,
-                &archive_path,
-                false,
-                CompressionMode::None,
-            )
-            .unwrap();
+            operations::extract::extract_archive(input, false, CompressionMode::None).unwrap();
         });
     std::env::set_current_dir(original_dir).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/tar/src/operations/extract.rs b/src/uu/tar/src/operations/extract.rs
index cf465bf..192e04a 100644
--- a/src/uu/tar/src/operations/extract.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tar/src/operations/extract.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use uucore::error::UResult;
 ///
 /// # Arguments
 ///
-/// * `archive_path` - Path to the tar archive to extract
 /// * `verbose` - Whether to print verbose output during extraction
 ///
 /// # Errors
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ use uucore::error::UResult;
 /// - Files cannot be extracted due to I/O or permission errors
 pub fn extract_archive(
     input: impl Read,
-    archive_path: &Path,
     verbose: bool,
     compression: CompressionMode,
 ) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -36,11 +34,6 @@ pub fn extract_archive(
     let mut archive = Archive::new(reader);
     let mut out = BufWriter::new(io::stdout().lock());
 
-    // Extract to current directory
-    if verbose {
-        writeln!(out, "Extracting archive: {}", archive_path.display()).map_err(TarError::Io)?;
-    }
-
     // Members that were refused are reported as they are met; like GNU tar, the
     // remaining members are still extracted and the exit status records the failure.
     let mut refused_member = false;
diff --git a/src/uu/tar/src/operations/extract_tests.rs b/src/uu/tar/src/operations/extract_tests.rs
index 898caff..9332d45 100644
--- a/src/uu/tar/src/operations/extract_tests.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tar/src/operations/extract_tests.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fn test_extract_archive_with_zstd() {
 
     let _guard = crate::operations::TestDirGuard::enter(tempdir.path());
     let input = fs::File::open(&archive_path).unwrap();
-    let result = extract_archive(input, &archive_path, true, CompressionMode::Zstd);
+    let result = extract_archive(input, true, CompressionMode::Zstd);
 
     result.unwrap();
     assert_eq!(
diff --git a/src/uu/tar/src/tar.rs b/src/uu/tar/src/tar.rs
index 73c8225..78e4101 100644
--- a/src/uu/tar/src/tar.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tar/src/tar.rs
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
         let compression = explicit_compression.unwrap_or(CompressionMode::Auto);
         return if archive_path == Path::new("-") {
-            operations::extract::extract_archive(io::stdin(), archive_path, verbose, compression)
+            operations::extract::extract_archive(io::stdin(), verbose, compression)
         } else {
             let file =
                 File::open(archive_path).map_err(|e| TarError::from_io_error(e, archive_path))?;
-            operations::extract::extract_archive(file, archive_path, verbose, compression)
+            operations::extract::extract_archive(file, verbose, compression)
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_tar.rs b/tests/by-util/test_tar.rs
index afbc074..293d2fe 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_tar.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_tar.rs
@@ -344,19 +344,13 @@ fn test_extract_verbose() {
     at.remove("file2.txt");
     at.remove("file3.txt");
 
-    // Extract with verbose
-    let result = new_ucmd!()
+    // Extract with verbose: like GNU tar, only the member names are printed
+    new_ucmd!()
         .arg("-xvf")
         .arg(at.plus("archive.tar"))
         .current_dir(at.as_string())
-        .succeeds();
-
-    let stdout = result.stdout_str();
-
-    // Verify all files are listed in verbose output
-    assert!(stdout.contains("file1.txt"));
-    assert!(stdout.contains("file2.txt"));
-    assert!(stdout.contains("file3.txt"));
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only("file1.txt\nfile2.txt\nfile3.txt\n");
 
     // Verify files were extracted
     assert!(at.file_exists("file1.txt"));