diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 8ac4a7464..9f5b63094 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
      chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml -->
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-version "1.39">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-size "3,616 KB">
-<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-url "&sourceforge;e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.gz?download">
+<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-url "&sourceforge;e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-md5 "06f7806782e357797fad1d34b7ced0c6">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-home "http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-ch6-du "31.2 MB">
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY flex-version "2.5.33">
 <!ENTITY flex-size "680 KB">
-<!ENTITY flex-url "&sourceforge;flex/flex-&flex-version;.tar.bz2?download">
+<!ENTITY flex-url "&sourceforge;flex/flex-&flex-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY flex-md5 "343374a00b38d9e39d1158b71af37150">
 <!ENTITY flex-home "http://flex.sourceforge.net">
 <!--
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY psmisc-version "22.5">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-size "271 KB">
-<!ENTITY psmisc-url "&sourceforge;psmisc/psmisc-&psmisc-version;.tar.gz?download">
+<!ENTITY psmisc-url "&sourceforge;psmisc/psmisc-&psmisc-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-md5 "09c20fd899c2c1bd2dce02a510f99fab">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-home "http://psmisc.sourceforge.net/">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-ch6-du "2.2 MB">
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY tcl-version "8.4.14">
 <!ENTITY tcl-size "3,462 KB">
-<!ENTITY tcl-url "&sourceforge;tcl/tcl&tcl-version;-src.tar.gz?download">
+<!ENTITY tcl-url "&sourceforge;tcl/tcl&tcl-version;-src.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY tcl-md5 "51c6bf74d3ffdb0bd866ecdac6ff6460">
 <!ENTITY tcl-home "http://tcl.sourceforge.net/">
 <!ENTITY tcl-ch5-du "24 MB">