diff --git a/scripts/get_archive b/scripts/get_archive
index 9f5b768e47..b53cf596e3 100755
--- a/scripts/get_archive
+++ b/scripts/get_archive
@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ build_msg "CLR_GET" "GET" "${1} (archive)" "indent"
 pkg_lock_status "GETPKG" "${PKG_NAME}" "unpack" "downloading package..."
 
 PACKAGE_MIRROR="${DISTRO_MIRROR}/${PKG_NAME}/${PKG_SOURCE_NAME}"
-[ "${VERBOSE}" != "yes" ] && WGET_OPT=-q
-WGET_CMD="wget --output-file=- --timeout=30 --tries=3 --no-check-certificate -c ${WGET_OPT} --progress=bar:force --show-progress -O ${PACKAGE}"
+
+[ "${VERBOSE}" != "yes" ] && GET_OPT="--silent --show-error"
+GET_CMD="curl ${GET_OPT} --connect-timeout 30 --retry 3 --continue-at - --location --max-redirs 5 --output ${PACKAGE}"
 
 # unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH to stop wget from using toolchain/lib and loading libssl.so/libcrypto.so instead of host libraries
 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 rm -f "${STAMP_URL}" "${STAMP_SHA}"
 
-NBWGET=10
+NBGET=10
 NBCHKS=2
-while [ ${NBWGET} -gt 0 -a ${NBCHKS} -gt 0 ]; do
+while [ ${NBGET} -gt 0 -a ${NBCHKS} -gt 0 ]; do
   for url in "${PKG_URL}" "${PACKAGE_MIRROR}"; do
     rm -f "${PACKAGE}"
-    [[ "${url}" =~ ^[fF][tT][pP]:* ]] && WGET_FTP=--passive-ftp || WGET_FTP=
-    if ${WGET_CMD} ${WGET_FTP} "${url}"; then
+    if ${GET_CMD} "${url}"; then
       CALC_SHA256=$(sha256sum "${PACKAGE}" | cut -d" " -f1)
 
       [ -z "${PKG_SHA256}" -o "${PKG_SHA256}" = "${CALC_SHA256}" ] && break 2
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ while [ ${NBWGET} -gt 0 -a ${NBCHKS} -gt 0 ]; do
       fi
     fi
   done
-  NBWGET=$((NBWGET - 1))
+  NBGET=$((NBGET - 1))
 done
 
-if [ ${NBWGET} -eq 0 -o ${NBCHKS} -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ ${NBGET} -eq 0 -o ${NBCHKS} -eq 0 ]; then
   die "\nCannot get ${1} sources : ${PKG_URL}\nTry later!"
 else
   build_msg "CLR_INFO" "INFO" "Calculated checksum: ${CALC_SHA256}"