diff --git a/scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py b/scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py
index 0405462d6..3c75e683d 100644
--- a/scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ IGNORED_EXTENSIONS = [
     'odp',
 
     # other
-    'css', 'pdf', 'exe', 'bin', 'rss', 'zip', 'rar', 'dmg', 'iso', 'apk', 'tar.xz'
+    'css', 'pdf', 'exe', 'bin', 'rss', 'zip', 'rar', 'dmg', 'iso', 'apk', 'xz'
 ]