diff --git a/pkg/filesystem/resolve.go b/pkg/filesystem/resolve.go
index 648f13020..69e3f6e50 100644
--- a/pkg/filesystem/resolve.go
+++ b/pkg/filesystem/resolve.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func filesWithParentDirs(files []string) []string {
 }
 
 // resolveSymlinkAncestor returns the ancestor link of the provided symlink path or returns the
-// the path if it is not a link. The ancestor link is the filenode whose type is a Symlink.
+// path if it is not a link. The ancestor link is the filenode whose type is a Symlink.
 // E.G /baz/boom/bar.txt links to /usr/bin/bar.txt but /baz/boom/bar.txt itself is not a link.
 // Instead /bar/boom is actually a link to /usr/bin. In this case resolveSymlinkAncestor would
 // return /bar/boom.
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ loop:
 			// one of its ancestors could be a symlink. We call filepath.EvalSymlinks
 			// to test whether there are any links in the path. If the output of
 			// EvalSymlinks is different than the input we know one of the nodes in the
-			// the path is a link.
+			// path is a link.
 			target, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(newPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				return "", err
diff --git a/pkg/util/tar_util.go b/pkg/util/tar_util.go
index 47436b9ae..74850b912 100644
--- a/pkg/util/tar_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/tar_util.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // writeSecurityXattrToTarHeader writes security.capability
-// xattrs from a a tar header to filesystem
+// xattrs from a tar header to filesystem
 func writeSecurityXattrToToFile(path string, hdr *tar.Header) error {
 	if hdr.Xattrs == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func UnpackLocalTarArchive(path, dest string) ([]string, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("path does not lead to local tar archive")
 }
 
-//IsFileLocalTarArchive returns true if the file is a local tar archive
+// IsFileLocalTarArchive returns true if the file is a local tar archive
 func IsFileLocalTarArchive(src string) bool {
 	compressed, _ := fileIsCompressedTar(src)
 	uncompressed := fileIsUncompressedTar(src)