diff --git a/external/gpl3/binutils/fetch.sh b/external/gpl3/binutils/fetch.sh
index 8cce87ba6..2943d0e21 100755
--- a/external/gpl3/binutils/fetch.sh
+++ b/external/gpl3/binutils/fetch.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 # Configure fetch method
 URL="http://www.minix3.org/distfiles-minix/binutils-2.22.tar.bz2"
 BACKUP_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.22.tar.bz2"
-FETCH=wget
+FETCH=ftp
 which curl >/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	FETCH="curl -O -f"
diff --git a/external/gpl3/gcc/fetch.sh b/external/gpl3/gcc/fetch.sh
index de2a3cd63..66e689d11 100755
--- a/external/gpl3/gcc/fetch.sh
+++ b/external/gpl3/gcc/fetch.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 # Configure fetch method
 URL="http://www.minix3.org/distfiles-minix/gcc-4.5.3.tar.bz2"
 BACKUP_URL="ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/gcc/releases/gcc-4.5.3/gcc-4.5.3.tar.bz2"
-FETCH=wget
+FETCH=ftp
 which curl >/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	FETCH="curl -O -f"
diff --git a/external/lgpl3/gmp/fetch.sh b/external/lgpl3/gmp/fetch.sh
index 3a1050cf3..0a478cdf1 100755
--- a/external/lgpl3/gmp/fetch.sh
+++ b/external/lgpl3/gmp/fetch.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 # Configure fetch method
 URL="http://www.minix3.org/distfiles-minix/gmp-5.1.2.tar.bz2"
 BACKUP_URL="ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/gmp-5.1.2/gmp-5.1.2.tar.bz2"
-FETCH=wget
+FETCH=ftp
 which curl >/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	FETCH="curl -O -f"
diff --git a/external/lgpl3/mpc/fetch.sh b/external/lgpl3/mpc/fetch.sh
index 612be44a7..a899ffeb0 100755
--- a/external/lgpl3/mpc/fetch.sh
+++ b/external/lgpl3/mpc/fetch.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 # Configure fetch method
 URL="http://www.minix3.org/distfiles-minix/mpc-1.0.1.tar.gz"
 BACKUP_URL="http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-1.0.1.tar.gz"
-FETCH=wget
+FETCH=ftp
 which curl >/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	FETCH="curl -O -f"
diff --git a/external/lgpl3/mpfr/fetch.sh b/external/lgpl3/mpfr/fetch.sh
index 81f642c7f..c4ed7810d 100755
--- a/external/lgpl3/mpfr/fetch.sh
+++ b/external/lgpl3/mpfr/fetch.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 # Configure fetch method
 URL="http://www.minix3.org/distfiles-minix/mpfr-3.1.2.tar.bz2"
 BACKUP_URL="http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/mpfr-3.1.2.tar.bz2"
-FETCH=wget
+FETCH=ftp
 which curl >/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	FETCH="curl -O -f"
diff --git a/gnu/dist/fetch.sh b/gnu/dist/fetch.sh
index ba74f088f..678d508d6 100755
--- a/gnu/dist/fetch.sh
+++ b/gnu/dist/fetch.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
 echo $0
 cd `dirname $0`
 
-# Configure fetch method - GMAKE
-URL="http://www.minix3.org/distfiles-minix/make-3.80.tar.bz2"
-BACKUP_URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.80.tar.bz2"
-FETCH=wget
+FETCH=ftp
 which curl >/dev/null
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	FETCH="curl -O -f"
 fi
 
+# Configure fetch method - GMAKE
+URL="http://www.minix3.org/distfiles-minix/make-3.80.tar.bz2"
+BACKUP_URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.80.tar.bz2"
+
 # Fetch sources if not available
 if [ ! -d gmake ];
 then
@@ -32,11 +33,6 @@ fi
 # Configure fetch method - TEXINFO
 URL="http://www.minix3.org/distfiles-minix/texinfo-4.8.tar.bz2"
 BACKUP_URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.8.tar.bz2"
-FETCH=wget
-which curl >/dev/null
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-	FETCH="curl -O -f"
-fi
 
 # Fetch sources if not available
 if [ ! -d texinfo ];