diff --git a/scripts/build/binutils.sh b/scripts/build/binutils.sh
index 4fb94b6c..2de697d4 100644
--- a/scripts/build/binutils.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/binutils.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ do_print_filename() {
 
 # Download binutils
 do_binutils_get() {
-    CT_GetFile "${CT_BINUTILS_FILE}"                            \
-               ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils                   \
-               ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils
+    CT_GetFile "${CT_BINUTILS_FILE}"    \
+               {ftp,http}://{ftp.gnu.org/gnu,ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel}/binutils
 }
 
 # Extract binutils
diff --git a/scripts/build/cc_gcc.sh b/scripts/build/cc_gcc.sh
index 92dc4054..8578caf9 100644
--- a/scripts/build/cc_gcc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/cc_gcc.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ do_cc_get() {
     # Arrgghh! Some of those versions does not follow this convention:
     # gcc-3.3.3 lives in releases/gcc-3.3.3, while gcc-2.95.* isn't in a
     # subdirectory! You bastard!
-    CT_GetFile "${CT_CC_FILE}"                                  \
-               ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/${CT_CC_FILE}          \
-               ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/releases/${CT_CC_FILE} \
-               ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc
+    CT_GetFile "${CT_CC_FILE}"  \
+               {ftp,http}://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc{,{,/releases}/${CT_CC_FILE}}
 }
 
 # Extract gcc
diff --git a/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh b/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
index 7140a0f3..2c273982 100644
--- a/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ do_debug_gdb_suffix() {
 }
 
 do_debug_gdb_get() {
-    CT_GetFile "gdb`do_debug_gdb_suffix`"                           \
-               ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gdb                        \
-               ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/gdb/releases            \
-               ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/gdb/old-releases        \
-               ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/gdb/snapshots/current 
+    CT_GetFile "gdb`do_debug_gdb_suffix`"           \
+               {ftp,http}://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gdb \
+               ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/gdb/{{,old-}releases,snapshots/current}
 }
 
 do_debug_gdb_extract() {
diff --git a/scripts/build/debug/400-ltrace.sh b/scripts/build/debug/400-ltrace.sh
index 3c852634..d64dc805 100644
--- a/scripts/build/debug/400-ltrace.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/debug/400-ltrace.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ do_print_filename() {
 }
 
 do_debug_ltrace_get() {
-    CT_GetFile "ltrace_${CT_LTRACE_VERSION}.orig" ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/ltrace/
+    CT_GetFile "ltrace_${CT_LTRACE_VERSION}.orig" {ftp,http}://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/ltrace/
     # Create a link so that the following steps are easier to do:
     cd "${CT_TARBALLS_DIR}"
     ltrace_ext=`CT_GetFileExtension "ltrace_${CT_LTRACE_VERSION}.orig"`
diff --git a/scripts/build/gmp.sh b/scripts/build/gmp.sh
index 7cc2a859..ec99a2ab 100644
--- a/scripts/build/gmp.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/gmp.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ do_print_filename() {
 
 # Download GMP
 do_gmp_get() {
-    CT_GetFile "${CT_GMP_FILE}"                 \
-               http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/gmp  \
-               ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp
+    CT_GetFile "${CT_GMP_FILE}" {ftp,http}://{ftp.sunet.se/pub,ftp.gnu.org}/gnu/gmp
 }
 
 # Extract GMP
diff --git a/scripts/build/kernel_linux.sh b/scripts/build/kernel_linux.sh
index a272b1f3..07005e0c 100644
--- a/scripts/build/kernel_linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/kernel_linux.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ do_print_filename() {
 # Download the kernel
 do_kernel_get() {
     if [ "${CT_KERNEL_LINUX_HEADERS_USE_CUSTOM_DIR}" != "y" ]; then
-        CT_GetFile "${CT_KERNEL_FILE}"                                  \
-                   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6           \
-                   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4           \
-                   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2           \
-                   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing   \
+        CT_GetFile "${CT_KERNEL_FILE}"                                                  \
+                   {ftp,http}://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.{6{,/testing},4,2}   \
                    http://ep09.pld-linux.org/~mmazur/linux-libc-headers
     fi
     return 0
diff --git a/scripts/build/libc_glibc.sh b/scripts/build/libc_glibc.sh
index 0040a853..d607b3b9 100644
--- a/scripts/build/libc_glibc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/libc_glibc.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ do_libc_get() {
     # Ah! Not all GNU folks seem stupid. All glibc releases are in the same
     # directory. Good. Alas, there is no snapshot there. I'll deal with them
     # later on... :-/
-    CT_GetFile "${CT_LIBC_FILE}" ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc
+    CT_GetFile "${CT_LIBC_FILE}" {ftp,http}://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc
 
     # C library addons
     for addon in `do_libc_add_ons_list " "`; do
         # NPTL addon is not to be downloaded, in any case
         [ "${addon}" = "nptl" ] && continue || true
-        CT_GetFile "${CT_LIBC}-${addon}-${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc
+        CT_GetFile "${CT_LIBC}-${addon}-${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" {ftp,http}://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc
     done
 
     return 0
diff --git a/scripts/build/libc_uClibc.sh b/scripts/build/libc_uClibc.sh
index af06e3c9..d4cb416d 100644
--- a/scripts/build/libc_uClibc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/libc_uClibc.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ do_print_filename() {
 
 # Download uClibc
 do_libc_get() {
-	libc_src="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads
+    libc_src="http://www.uclibc.org/downloads
               http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/snapshots
               http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/old-releases"
     # For uClibc, we have almost every thing: releases, and snapshots