diff --git a/generate_maf.py b/generate_maf.py
index 1e8ca59..c322ba8 100755
--- a/generate_maf.py
+++ b/generate_maf.py
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 # ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+import io
 import os
 import tarfile
 
 TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME = 'maf_template.py'
 TARGET_FILE_NAME = 'maf.py'
-ARCHIVE_FILE_NAME = 'maflib.tar.bz2'
 MAFLIB_PATH = 'maflib'
 
 NEW_LINE = '#XXX'.encode()
@@ -42,24 +42,22 @@
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     try:
-        archive = tarfile.open(ARCHIVE_FILE_NAME, 'w:bz2')
+        f = io.BytesIO()
+        archive = tarfile.open(fileobj=f, mode='w:bz2')
         archive.add(MAFLIB_PATH, exclude=lambda fn: fn.endswith('.pyc'))
     except tarfile.TarError:
         raise Exception('can not use tar.bz2 file')
     finally:
         archive.close()
-   
+
+    archive = f.getvalue()
+
     with open(TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME) as f:
         code = f.read()
 
-    with open(ARCHIVE_FILE_NAME, 'rb') as f:
-        archive = f.read()
-
     code += '#==>\n#'.encode()
     code += archive.replace('\n'.encode(), NEW_LINE).replace('\r'.encode(), CARRIAGE_RETURN)
     code += '\n#<==\n'.encode()
 
     with open(TARGET_FILE_NAME, 'wb') as f:
         f.write(code)
-
-    os.unlink(ARCHIVE_FILE_NAME)
diff --git a/maf_template.py b/maf_template.py
index e734c73..339620e 100644
--- a/maf_template.py
+++ b/maf_template.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 # NOTE: coding ISO8859-1 is necessary for attaching maflib at the end of this
 # file.
 
+import io
 import os
 import os.path
 import shutil
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@
 import waflib.Context
 import waflib.Logs
 
-TAR_NAME = 'maflib.tar'
 NEW_LINE = '#XXX'.encode()
 CARRIAGE_RETURN = '#YYY'.encode()
 ARCHIVE_BEGIN = '#==>\n'.encode()
@@ -94,29 +94,9 @@ def unpack_maflib(directory):
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(directory, 'maflib'))
         os.chdir(directory)
 
-        bz2_name = TAR_NAME + '.bz2'
-        with open(bz2_name, 'wb') as f:
-            f.write(content)
-
-        try:
-            t = tarfile.open(bz2_name)
-        except:
-            try:
-                os.system('bunzip2 ' + bz2_name)
-                t = tarfile.open(TAR_NAME)
-            except:
-                raise Exception('Cannot extract maflib. Check that python bz2 module or bunzip2 command is available.')
-
-        try:
+        f = io.BytesIO(content)
+        with tarfile.open(fileobj=f) as t:
             t.extractall()
-        finally:
-            t.close()
-
-        try:
-            os.remove(bz2_name)
-            os.remove(TAR_NAME)
-        except:
-            pass
 
         maflib_path = os.path.abspath(os.getcwd())
         return maflib_path