diff --git a/src/storage/mod.rs b/src/storage/mod.rs
index 37ed63ba3..6507e00af 100644
--- a/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ use tracing::{error, info, info_span, instrument, trace, warn};
 use tracing_futures::Instrument as _;
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
-const ZSTD_EOF_BYTES: [u8; 3] = [0x01, 0x00, 0x00];
 const ARCHIVE_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION: &str = "index";
 
 type FileRange = RangeInclusive<u64>;
@@ -876,12 +875,9 @@ impl AsyncStorage {
                     // download the compressed raw blob first.
                     // Like this we can first check if it's worth recompressing & re-uploading.
                     let mut compressed_blob = compressed_stream.materialize(usize::MAX).await?;
-                    if compressed_blob
-                        .content
-                        .last_chunk::<{ ZSTD_EOF_BYTES.len() }>()
-                        == Some(&ZSTD_EOF_BYTES)
-                    {
-                        info!(path, "Archive already has correct zstd ending, skipping");
+
+                    if decompress(compressed_blob.content.as_slice(), alg, usize::MAX).is_ok() {
+                        info!(path, "Archive can be decompressed, skipping");
                         continue;
                     }
 
@@ -891,20 +887,14 @@ impl AsyncStorage {
                     let mut decompressed = Vec::new();
                     {
                         // old async-compression can read the broken zstd stream
-                        let mut reader = wrap_reader_for_decompression(
-                            io::Cursor::new(compressed_blob.content.clone()),
-                            alg,
-                        );
+                        let mut reader =
+                            wrap_reader_for_decompression(compressed_blob.content.as_slice(), alg);
 
                         tokio::io::copy(&mut reader, &mut decompressed).await?;
                     }
 
                     let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(decompressed.len());
-                    compress_async(&mut io::Cursor::new(&decompressed), &mut buf, alg).await?;
-                    debug_assert_eq!(
-                        buf.last_chunk::<{ ZSTD_EOF_BYTES.len() }>(),
-                        Some(&ZSTD_EOF_BYTES)
-                    );
+                    compress_async(decompressed.as_slice(), &mut buf, alg).await?;
                     compressed_blob.content = buf;
                     compressed_blob.compression = Some(alg);
 
@@ -1176,12 +1166,13 @@ pub(crate) fn source_archive_path(name: &str, version: &Version) -> String {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use crate::test::{TestEnvironment, V0_1};
-
     use super::*;
+    use crate::test::{TestEnvironment, V0_1};
     use std::env;
     use test_case::test_case;
 
+    const ZSTD_EOF_BYTES: [u8; 3] = [0x01, 0x00, 0x00];
+
     fn streaming_blob(
         content: impl Into<Vec<u8>>,
         alg: Option<CompressionAlgorithm>,