diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
index b961f3abb..a0ac78cbb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/IndexV1Updater.java
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ public class IndexV1Updater extends RepoUpdater {
         Downloader downloader = null;
         try {
             // read file name from file
-            final Uri dataUri = Uri.parse(indexUrl);
-            downloader = DownloaderFactory.create(context, dataUri.toString());
+            downloader = DownloaderFactory.create(context, indexUrl);
             downloader.setCacheTag(repo.lastetag);
             downloader.setListener(downloadListener);
             downloader.download();
@@ -108,8 +107,7 @@ public class IndexV1Updater extends RepoUpdater {
                 try {
                     mirrorUrl = FDroidApp.getMirror(prevMirrorUrl, repo);
                     prevMirrorUrl = mirrorUrl;
-                    Uri dataUri2 = Uri.parse(mirrorUrl);
-                    downloader = DownloaderFactory.create(context, dataUri2.toString());
+                    downloader = DownloaderFactory.create(context, mirrorUrl);
                     downloader.setCacheTag(repo.lastetag);
                     downloader.setListener(downloadListener);
                     downloader.setTimeout(FDroidApp.getTimeout());
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/DownloaderFactory.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/DownloaderFactory.java
index 3d124eed9..4704ae279 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/DownloaderFactory.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/DownloaderFactory.java
@@ -20,19 +20,14 @@ public class DownloaderFactory {
             throws IOException {
         File destFile = File.createTempFile("dl-", "", context.getCacheDir());
         destFile.deleteOnExit(); // this probably does nothing, but maybe...
-        return create(context, urlString, destFile);
+        Uri uri = Uri.parse(urlString);
+        return create(context, uri, destFile);
     }
 
     public static Downloader create(Context context, Uri uri, File destFile)
             throws IOException {
-        return create(context, uri.toString(), destFile);
-    }
-
-    public static Downloader create(Context context, String urlString, File destFile)
-            throws IOException {
         Downloader downloader;
 
-        Uri uri = Uri.parse(urlString);
         String scheme = uri.getScheme();
         if ("bluetooth".equals(scheme)) {
             downloader = new BluetoothDownloader(uri, destFile);