diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index 2d9b0d4a41..2ca6ccf44d 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE_ONLY),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
-	-u $($(PKG)_SITE_METHOD)+$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(call qstrip,$(1))))
+	-u $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(call qstrip,$(1))))
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE)),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
 	-u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE)/$($(PKG)_DL_SUBDIR)),urlencode) \
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 28e6c41a7f..e9ee88882c 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $$($(2)_SOURCE)
 endif
 
 $(2)_ALL_DOWNLOADS = \
-	$$(foreach p,$$($(2)_SOURCE) $$($(2)_PATCH) $$($(2)_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS),\
+	$$($(2)_SITE_METHOD)+$$($(2)_SITE)/$$($(2)_SOURCE) \
+	$$(foreach p,$$($(2)_PATCH) $$($(2)_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS),\
 		$$(if $$(findstring ://,$$(p)),$$(p),\
 			$$($(2)_SITE)/$$(p)))