diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ar/ArArchiveInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ar/ArArchiveInputStream.java
index cc85ba1c33b..d8b74e639f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ar/ArArchiveInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ar/ArArchiveInputStream.java
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public ArArchiveEntry getNextEntry() throws IOException {
         do {
             // If there is a current entry, skip any unread data and padding
             if (currentEntry != null) {
-                IOUtils.skip(this, Long.MAX_VALUE); // Skip to end of current entry
+                IOUtils.consume(this); // Skip to end of current entry
                 skipRecordPadding(); // Skip padding to align to the next record
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/arj/ArjArchiveInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/arj/ArjArchiveInputStream.java
index a26b4a88234..60d8d39d9e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/arj/ArjArchiveInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/arj/ArjArchiveInputStream.java
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public ArjArchiveEntry getNextEntry() throws IOException {
         if (currentInputStream != null) {
             // return value ignored as IOUtils.skip ensures the stream is drained completely
             final InputStream input = currentInputStream;
-            IOUtils.skip(input, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+            IOUtils.consume(input);
             currentInputStream.close();
             currentLocalFileHeader = null;
             currentInputStream = null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/cpio/CpioArchiveInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/cpio/CpioArchiveInputStream.java
index 317755eba77..1d580dc6b70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/cpio/CpioArchiveInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/cpio/CpioArchiveInputStream.java
@@ -308,19 +308,6 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Closes the current CPIO entry and positions the stream for reading the next entry.
-     *
-     * @throws IOException if an I/O error has occurred or if a CPIO file error has occurred
-     */
-    private void closeEntry() throws IOException {
-        // the skip implementation of this class will not skip more
-        // than Integer.MAX_VALUE bytes
-        while (skip((long) Integer.MAX_VALUE) == Integer.MAX_VALUE) { // NOPMD NOSONAR
-            // do nothing
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Reads the next CPIO file entry and positions stream at the beginning of the entry data.
      *
@@ -332,7 +319,7 @@ private void closeEntry() throws IOException {
     public CpioArchiveEntry getNextCPIOEntry() throws IOException {
         checkOpen();
         if (entry != null) {
-            closeEntry();
+            IOUtils.consume(this);
         }
         readFully(buffer2, 0, buffer2.length);
         if (CpioUtil.byteArray2long(buffer2, false) == MAGIC_OLD_BINARY) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/sevenz/SevenZFile.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/sevenz/SevenZFile.java
index 05ad45c0af4..11b3cf2d0d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/sevenz/SevenZFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/sevenz/SevenZFile.java
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ private InputStream getCurrentStream() throws IOException {
             // streams to get access to an entry. We defer this until really needed
             // so that entire blocks can be skipped without wasting time for decompression.
             try (InputStream stream = deferredBlockStreams.remove(0)) {
-                IOUtils.skip(stream, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+                IOUtils.consume(stream);
             }
             compressedBytesReadFromCurrentEntry = 0;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveInputStream.java
index fa93dea545d..dee3f08f03d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveInputStream.java
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ public TarArchiveEntry getNextEntry() throws IOException {
         do {
             // If there is a current entry, skip any unread data and padding
             if (currentInputStream != null) {
-                IOUtils.skip(currentInputStream, Long.MAX_VALUE); // Skip to end of current entry
+                IOUtils.consume(currentInputStream); // Skip to end of current entry
                 skipRecordPadding(); // Skip padding to align to the next record
             }
             // Read the next header record