diff --git a/contrib/osx/TorPostflight b/contrib/osx/TorPostflight
index 20c7d0338b..c1108c05f8 100644
--- a/contrib/osx/TorPostflight
+++ b/contrib/osx/TorPostflight
@@ -82,13 +82,6 @@ if [ -f $PACKAGE_PATH/Contents/Resources/package_list.txt ]; then
    cp $PACKAGE_PATH/Contents/Resources/package_list.txt $TARGET/package_list.txt
 fi
 
-# If the pre-install script did it's thing, it should have saved the
-# config and server keys; put these back and leave for save keeping
-TORBACKUP=`ls -rt /tmp/TorSavedMe*| tail -1`
-if [ -f ${TORBACKUP} ]; then
-   tar zxf ${TORBACKUP} -C /
-fi
-
 if [ -d /Library/StartupItems/Tor ]; then
    rm -f /Library/StartupItems/Tor/Tor.loc
    echo "$TARGET" > /Library/StartupItems/Tor/Tor.loc
diff --git a/contrib/osx/TorPreFlight b/contrib/osx/TorPreFlight
index a6407d51fe..49b17104b9 100644
--- a/contrib/osx/TorPreFlight
+++ b/contrib/osx/TorPreFlight
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # TorPreFlight is invoked before the install begins
-TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/TorSavedMe.tgz.XXXXXXXXXXXXX` 
 
 # Figure out where Tor is installed
 if [ -f /Library/StartupItems/Tor/Tor.loc ]; then
@@ -17,14 +16,8 @@ fi
 
 # Backup all of Tor, just in case
 if [ -d $TORPATH ]; then
-	tar zcf ${TMPFILE} ${TORPATH}/var/lib/tor ${TORPATH}/torrc ${PRIVOXYPATH}/config ${PRIVOXYPATH}/user.action
+  cp ${TORPATH}/torrc ${TORPATH}/torrc.installer-saved
+  cp ${PRIVOXYPATH}/config ${PRIVOXYPATH}/config.installer-saved
+  cp ${PRIVOXYPATH}/user.action ${PRIVOXYPATH}/user.action.installer-saved
 fi
 
-# Remove Tor and everything to do with it
-if [ -f ${TORPATH}/uninstall_tor_bundle.sh ]; then
-	${TORPATH}/uninstall_tor_bundle.sh
-else
-	$PACKAGE_PATH/Contents/Resources/uninstall_tor_bundle.sh
-fi
-
-# This is complete, we have a fresh system on which to install Tor