diff --git a/external/devlib/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in b/external/devlib/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
index 37991a756e49bc349bbc26f3d785375b1a01b7d4..e230229e18d6334b00d59d13b9d23aa29484435a 100755
--- a/external/devlib/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
+++ b/external/devlib/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ read_tree_tgz_b64() {
     done
 
     cd $TMP_FOLDER
-    $BUSYBOX tar cz * | $BUSYBOX base64
+    $BUSYBOX tar cz * 2>/dev/null | $BUSYBOX base64
 
     # Clean-up the tmp folder since we won't need it any more
     cd $TMPBASE