diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_get_repo_files.sh b/scripts/build/termux_get_repo_files.sh
index f688ed846..6775d058c 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_get_repo_files.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_get_repo_files.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ termux_get_repo_files() {
 			local TERMUX_REPO_NAME=$(echo ${TERMUX_REPO_URL[$idx-1]} | sed -e 's%https://%%g' -e 's%http://%%g' -e 's%/%-%g')
 			local RELEASE_FILE=${TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR}/${TERMUX_REPO_NAME}-${TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION[$idx-1]}-Release
 
-			curl --fail -L "${TERMUX_REPO_URL[$idx-1]}/dists/${TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION[$idx-1]}/Release" -o $RELEASE_FILE \
-			    || termux_error_exit "Download of InRelease and Release.gpg from ${TERMUX_REPO_URL[$idx-1]}/dists/${TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION[$idx-1]} failed"
+			termux_download "${TERMUX_REPO_URL[$idx-1]}/dists/${TERMUX_REPO_DISTRIBUTION[$idx-1]}/Release" $RELEASE_FILE "SKIP_CHECKSUM"
 
 			for arch in all $TERMUX_ARCH; do
 				local PACKAGES_HASH=$(./scripts/get_hash_from_file.py ${RELEASE_FILE} $arch ${TERMUX_REPO_COMPONENT[$idx-1]})