diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 741579e60..8e135c554 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -175,9 +175,11 @@ common-docker-tag-latest:
 promu: $(PROMU)
 
 $(PROMU):
-	curl -s -L $(PROMU_URL) | tar -xvz -C /tmp
-	mkdir -v -p $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin
-	cp -v /tmp/promu-$(PROMU_VERSION).$(GO_BUILD_PLATFORM)/promu $(PROMU)
+	$(eval PROMU_TMP := $(shell mktemp -d))
+	curl -s -L $(PROMU_URL) | tar -xvzf - -C $(PROMU_TMP)
+	mkdir -p $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin
+	cp $(PROMU_TMP)/promu-$(PROMU_VERSION).$(GO_BUILD_PLATFORM)/promu $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin/promu
+	rm -r $(PROMU_TMP)
 
 .PHONY: proto
 proto: