diff --git a/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh b/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh
index 0e285b61..17ea1389 100644
--- a/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ do_binutils_get() {
         CT_GetCustom "binutils" "${CT_BINUTILS_CUSTOM_VERSION}" \
             "${CT_BINUTILS_CUSTOM_LOCATION}"
     else
-        if echo ${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION} |grep -q linaro; then
-            YYMM=`echo ${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION} |cut -d- -f3 |sed -e 's,^..,,'`
-            CT_GetFile "binutils-${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}"                                        \
-                       https://releases.linaro.org/${YYMM}/components/toolchain/binutils-linaro \
-                       http://cbuild.validation.linaro.org/snapshots
-        else
-            CT_GetFile "binutils-${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}"                                        \
-                       {http,ftp}://{ftp.gnu.org/gnu,ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel}/binutils   \
-                       ftp://{sourceware.org,gcc.gnu.org}/pub/binutils/{releases,snapshots}
-        fi
+        case "${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}" in
+            linaro-*)
+                CT_GetLinaro "binutils" "${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                CT_GetFile "binutils-${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}"                                        \
+                           {http,ftp}://{ftp.gnu.org/gnu,ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel}/binutils   \
+                           ftp://{sourceware.org,gcc.gnu.org}/pub/binutils/{releases,snapshots}
+                ;;
+        esac
     fi
 
     if [ -n "${CT_ARCH_BINFMT_FLAT}" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/build/cc/100-gcc.sh b/scripts/build/cc/100-gcc.sh
index 947d4afd..8fd850be 100644
--- a/scripts/build/cc/100-gcc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/cc/100-gcc.sh
@@ -11,30 +11,18 @@ do_gcc_get() {
         CT_GetCustom "gcc" "${CT_CC_GCC_CUSTOM_VERSION}" \
             "${CT_CC_GCC_CUSTOM_LOCATION}"
     else
-        # Account for the Linaro versioning
-        linaro_version="$( echo "${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}"  \
-                           |sed -r -e 's/^linaro-//;'   \
-                         )"
-        linaro_series="$( echo "${linaro_version}"      \
-                          |sed -r -e 's/-.*//;'         \
-                        )"
-
-        # The official gcc hosts put gcc under a gcc/release/ directory,
-        # whereas the mirrors put it in the gcc/ directory.
-        # Also, Split out linaro mirrors, so that downloads happen faster.
-        if [ x"${linaro_version}" = x"${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}" ]; then
-            CT_GetFile "gcc-${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}"                                                   \
-                       {http,ftp,https}://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION} \
-                       ftp://{gcc.gnu.org,sourceware.org}/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}
-        else
-            YYMM=`echo ${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION} |cut -d- -f3 |sed -e 's,^..,,'`
-            CT_GetFile "gcc-${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}"                                                             \
-                       "https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/gcc-linaro/${linaro_version}"        \
-                       "https://releases.linaro.org/${YYMM}/components/toolchain/gcc-linaro/${linaro_series}" \
-                       "http://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/${linaro_series}/${linaro_version}/+download"         \
-                       http://cbuild.validation.linaro.org/snapshots
-        fi
-
+        case "${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}" in
+            linaro-*)
+                CT_GetLinaro "gcc" "${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                # The official gcc hosts put gcc under a gcc/release/ directory,
+                # whereas the mirrors put it in the gcc/ directory.
+                CT_GetFile "gcc-${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}" \
+                           {http,ftp,https}://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION} \
+                           ftp://{gcc.gnu.org,sourceware.org}/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-${CT_CC_GCC_VERSION}
+                ;;
+        esac
     fi # ! custom location
     # Starting with GCC 4.3, ecj is used for Java, and will only be
     # built if the configure script finds ecj.jar at the top of the
diff --git a/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh b/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
index 3d3af7b1..dabd81a8 100644
--- a/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
@@ -10,26 +10,17 @@ do_debug_gdb_get() {
         CT_GetCustom "gdb" "${CT_GDB_CUSTOM_VERSION}" \
             "${CT_GDB_CUSTOM_LOCATION}"
     else
-        # Account for the Linaro versioning
-        linaro_version="$( echo "${CT_GDB_VERSION}"      \
-                           |sed -r -e 's/^linaro-//;'   \
-                         )"
-        linaro_series="$( echo "${linaro_version}"      \
-                          |sed -r -e 's/-.*//;'         \
-                        )"
-
-        if [ x"${linaro_version}" = x"${CT_GDB_VERSION}" ]; then
-            CT_GetFile "gdb-${CT_GDB_VERSION}"                             \
-                       http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/gdb            \
-                       {http,ftp,https}://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gdb          \
-                       ftp://{sourceware.org,gcc.gnu.org}/pub/gdb/releases
-        else
-            YYMM=`echo ${CT_GDB_VERSION} |cut -d- -f3 |sed -e 's,^..,,'`
-            CT_GetFile "gdb-${CT_GDB_VERSION}"                                                        \
-                       "http://launchpad.net/gdb-linaro/${linaro_series}/${linaro_version}/+download" \
-                       https://releases.linaro.org/${YYMM}/components/toolchain/gdb-linaro            \
-                       http://cbuild.validation.linaro.org/snapshots
-        fi
+        case "${CT_GDB_VERSION}" in
+            linaro-*)
+                CT_GetLinaro "gdb" "${CT_GDB_VERSION}"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                CT_GetFile "gdb-${CT_GDB_VERSION}"                             \
+                           http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/gdb            \
+                           {http,ftp,https}://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gdb          \
+                           ftp://{sourceware.org,gcc.gnu.org}/pub/gdb/releases
+                ;;
+        esac
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/libc/glibc.sh b/scripts/build/libc/glibc.sh
index 019dd902..3e2c88ed 100644
--- a/scripts/build/libc/glibc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/libc/glibc.sh
@@ -11,17 +11,16 @@ do_libc_get() {
         CT_GetCustom "glibc" "${CT_LIBC_GLIBC_CUSTOM_VERSION}" \
             "${CT_LIBC_GLIBC_CUSTOM_LOCATION}"
     else
-        if echo ${CT_LIBC_VERSION} |grep -q linaro; then
-            # Linaro glibc releases come from regular downloads...
-            YYMM=`echo ${CT_LIBC_VERSION} |cut -d- -f3 |sed -e 's,^..,,'`
-            CT_GetFile "glibc-${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" \
-                       https://releases.linaro.org/${YYMM}/components/toolchain/glibc-linaro \
-                       http://cbuild.validation.linaro.org/snapshots
-        else
-            CT_GetFile "glibc-${CT_LIBC_VERSION}"                                        \
-                       {http,ftp,https}://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc                          \
-                       ftp://{sourceware.org,gcc.gnu.org}/pub/glibc/{releases,snapshots}
-        fi
+        case "${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" in
+            linaro-*)
+                CT_GetLinaro "glibc" "${CT_LIBC_VERSION}"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                CT_GetFile "glibc-${CT_LIBC_VERSION}"                                        \
+                           {http,ftp,https}://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc                          \
+                           ftp://{sourceware.org,gcc.gnu.org}/pub/glibc/{releases,snapshots}
+                ;;
+	esac
     fi
 
     return 0
diff --git a/scripts/build/libc/newlib.sh b/scripts/build/libc/newlib.sh
index 0a87581e..06e88e4d 100644
--- a/scripts/build/libc/newlib.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/libc/newlib.sh
@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@ do_libc_get() {
         CT_GetCustom "newlib" "${CT_LIBC_NEWLIB_CUSTOM_VERSION}" \
             "${CT_LIBC_NEWLIB_CUSTOM_LOCATION}"
     else # ! custom location
-        if echo ${CT_LIBC_VERSION} |grep -q linaro; then
-            YYMM=`echo ${CT_LIBC_VERSION} |cut -d- -f3 |sed -e 's,^..,,'`
-            CT_GetFile "newlib-${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" ${libc_src} \
-                       https://releases.linaro.org/${YYMM}/components/toolchain/newlib-linaro \
-                       http://cbuild.validation.linaro.org/snapshots
-        else
-            CT_GetFile "newlib-${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" ${libc_src} \
-                       http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/newlib
-        fi
+        case "${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" in
+            linaro-*)
+                CT_GetLinaro "newlib" "${CT_LIBC_VERSION}"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                # kernel.org mirror is outdated, keep last as a fallback
+                CT_GetFile "newlib-${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" \
+                           ftp://sourceware.org/pub/newlib \
+                           http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/newlib \
+                           http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/newlib
+                ;;
+        esac
     fi # ! custom location
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index f687504d..35b38729 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -798,6 +798,40 @@ CT_GetFile() {
     return 1
 }
 
+# Get a component from Linaro archives.
+# Usage: CT_GetLinaro <component> <version>
+CT_GetLinaro() {
+    local comp="$1"
+    local version="$2"
+    local linaro_version
+    local yyyymm_p
+    local yymm
+    local base
+
+    case "${version}" in
+        linaro-*)
+            linaro_version="${version#linaro-}"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            CT_Abort "Version ${version} is not a Linaro package"
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    # Recent releases reside in top of the directory tree; older releases
+    # are moved into the archive. Subdirectories are named differently
+    # in archive!
+    # In archive, some URLs also contain base component version
+    # (e.g. "gcc-linaro/4.9") while some do not (e.g. just "newlib-linaro").
+    base="${linaro_version%%-*}"
+    # Strip base version, first two digits of the year and optional patchlevel
+    yymm="${linaro_version#*-??}"
+    yymm="${yymm%-*}"
+    CT_GetFile "${comp}-${version}" \
+        "https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/${comp}-linaro/${linaro_version}" \
+        "https://releases.linaro.org/archive/${yymm}/components/toolchain/${comp}-linaro/${base}" \
+        "https://releases.linaro.org/archive/${yymm}/components/toolchain/${comp}-linaro"
+}
+
 # Checkout from CVS, and build the associated tarball
 # The tarball will be called ${basename}.tar.bz2
 # Prerequisite: either the server does not require password,