diff --git a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
index ebe0f88772d..2b479b56dd1 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ try_mirrors() {
 			mirror="$mirror/$subdir"
 		fi
 		msg_normal "$pkgver: fetching distfile '$curfile' from '$mirror'...\n"
-		$XBPS_FETCH_CMD "$mirror/$curfile"
+		$fetch_cmd "$mirror/$curfile"
 		# If basefile was not found, but a curfile file may exist, try to fetch it
 		if [ ! -f "$distfile" -a "$basefile" != "$curfile" ]; then
-			$XBPS_FETCH_CMD "$mirror/$basefile"
+			$fetch_cmd "$mirror/$basefile"
 		fi
 		[ ! -f "$distfile" ] && continue
 		flock -n ${distfile}.part rm -f ${distfile}.part
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ hook() {
 		# If distfile does not exist, download it from the original location.
 		if [ ! -f "$distfile" ]; then
 			msg_normal "$pkgver: fetching distfile '$curfile'...\n"
-			flock "${distfile}.part" $XBPS_FETCH_CMD "$f"
+			flock "${distfile}.part" $fetch_cmd "$f"
 		fi
 		if [ ! -f "$distfile" ]; then
 			msg_error "$pkgver: failed to fetch $curfile.\n"