diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/atkinson-hyperlegible/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/atkinson-hyperlegible/default.nix
index ef7425e12e49..8b2b04553726 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/atkinson-hyperlegible/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/atkinson-hyperlegible/default.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ in fetchFromGitHub {
   sha256 = "sha256-urSTqC3rfDRM8IMG+edwKEe7NPiTuDZph3heGHzLDks=";
 
   postFetch = ''
-    tar xf $downloadedFile --strip=1
-    install -Dm644 -t $out/share/fonts/opentype fonts/otf/*
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/share/fonts/opentype $out/fonts/otf/*
+    shopt -s extglob dotglob
+    rm -rf $out/!(share)
+    shopt -u extglob dotglob
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/hermit/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/hermit/default.nix
index 3ff5dd368292..999a8995b46e 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/hermit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/hermit/default.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ in fetchzip rec {
 
   url = "https://pcaro.es/d/otf-${name}.tar.gz";
 
+  stripRoot = false;
   postFetch = ''
-    tar xf $downloadedFile
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype *.otf
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype $out/*.otf
+    shopt -s extglob dotglob
+    rm -rf $out/!(share)
+    shopt -u extglob dotglob
   '';
   sha256 = "127hnpxicqya7v1wmzxxqafq3aj1n33i4j5ncflbw6gj5g3bizwl";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/publicsuffix-list/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/publicsuffix-list/default.nix
index db74b74f22d9..063e120d3c4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/publicsuffix-list/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/publicsuffix-list/default.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ in fetchFromGitHub {
   sha256 = "sha256-Q8uIXM1CMu8dlWcVoL17M1XRGu3kG7Y7jpx0oHQh+2I=";
 
   postFetch = ''
-    tar xf $downloadedFile --strip=1
-    install -Dm0444 public_suffix_list.dat tests/test_psl.txt -t $out/share/publicsuffix
+    install -Dm0444 $out/public_suffix_list.dat $out/tests/test_psl.txt -t $out/share/publicsuffix
+    shopt -s extglob dotglob
+    rm -rf $out/!(share)
+    shopt -u extglob dotglob
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {