diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81e03b058c..269a2c56fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 - **scoop-(un)hold:** Correct output the messages when manifest not found, (already|not) held ([#5519](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5519))
 - **scoop-update:** Change error message to a better instruction ([#5677](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5677))
 - **manifest:** Correct source of manifest ([#5575](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5575))
+- **decompress:** Remove unused parent dir w/ 'extract_dir' ([#5682](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5682))
 - **shim:** Check literal path in `Get-ShimPath` ([#5680](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5680))
 - **shim:** Avoid unexpected output of `list` subcommand ([#5681](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5681))
 - **scoop-reset:** Don't abort when multiple apps are passed and an app is running ([#5687](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5687))
diff --git a/lib/decompress.ps1 b/lib/decompress.ps1
index bdee90d620..4fade6dd0a 100644
--- a/lib/decompress.ps1
+++ b/lib/decompress.ps1
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ function Expand-7zipArchive {
     if (!$Status) {
         abort "Failed to extract files from $Path.`nLog file:`n  $(friendly_path $LogPath)`n$(new_issue_msg $app $bucket 'decompress error')"
     }
-    if (!$IsTar -and $ExtractDir) {
-        movedir "$DestinationPath\$ExtractDir" $DestinationPath | Out-Null
-    }
-    if (Test-Path $LogPath) {
-        Remove-Item $LogPath -Force
-    }
     if ($IsTar) {
         # Check for tar
         $Status = Invoke-ExternalCommand $7zPath @('l', $Path) -LogPath $LogPath
@@ -63,8 +57,15 @@ function Expand-7zipArchive {
             abort "Failed to list files in $Path.`nNot a 7-Zip supported archive file."
         }
     }
+    if (!$IsTar -and $ExtractDir) {
+        movedir "$DestinationPath\$ExtractDir" $DestinationPath | Out-Null
+        # Remove temporary directory
+        Remove-Item "$DestinationPath\$($ExtractDir -replace '[\\/].*')" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
+    }
+    if (Test-Path $LogPath) {
+        Remove-Item $LogPath -Force
+    }
     if ($Removal) {
-        # Remove original archive file
         if (($Path -replace '.*\.([^\.]*)$', '$1') -eq '001') {
             # Remove splited 7-zip archive parts
             Get-ChildItem "$($Path -replace '\.[^\.]*$', '').???" | Remove-Item -Force
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ function Expand-7zipArchive {
             # Remove splitted RAR archive parts
             Get-ChildItem "$($Path -replace '\.part(\d+)\.rar$', '').part*.rar" | Remove-Item -Force
         } else {
+            # Remove original archive file
             Remove-Item $Path -Force
         }
     }
@@ -112,17 +114,19 @@ function Expand-ZstdArchive {
         abort "Failed to extract files from $Path.`nLog file:`n  $(friendly_path $LogPath)`n$(new_issue_msg $app $bucket 'decompress error')"
     }
     $IsTar = (strip_ext $Path) -match '\.tar$'
+    if ($IsTar) {
+        # Check for tar
+        $TarFile = Join-Path $DestinationPath (strip_ext (fname $Path))
+        Expand-7zipArchive -Path $TarFile -DestinationPath $DestinationPath -ExtractDir $ExtractDir -Removal
+    }
     if (!$IsTar -and $ExtractDir) {
         movedir (Join-Path $DestinationPath $ExtractDir) $DestinationPath | Out-Null
+        # Remove temporary directory
+        Remove-Item "$DestinationPath\$($ExtractDir -replace '[\\/].*')" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
     }
     if (Test-Path $LogPath) {
         Remove-Item $LogPath -Force
     }
-    if ($IsTar) {
-        # Check for tar
-        $TarFile = Join-Path $DestinationPath (strip_ext (fname $Path))
-        Expand-7zipArchive -Path $TarFile -DestinationPath $DestinationPath -ExtractDir $ExtractDir -Removal
-    }
 }
 
 function Expand-MsiArchive {