diff --git a/repos/libports/src/app/fetchurl/component.cc b/repos/libports/src/app/fetchurl/component.cc
index 478d2362cf..4d747ba61e 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/app/fetchurl/component.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/app/fetchurl/component.cc
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ namespace Fetchurl {
 	struct User_data;
 	struct Main;
 
-	typedef Genode::String<256> Url;
-	typedef Genode::Path<256>   Path;
+	using namespace Genode;
+
+	typedef String<256> Url;
+	typedef Path<256>   Path;
 }
 
 static size_t write_callback(char   *ptr,
@@ -52,13 +54,13 @@ static int progress_callback(void *userdata,
                              curl_off_t ultotal, curl_off_t ulnow);
 
 
-class Fetchurl::Fetch : Genode::List<Fetch>::Element
+class Fetchurl::Fetch : List<Fetch>::Element
 {
-	friend class Genode::List<Fetch>;
+	friend class List<Fetch>;
 
 	public:
 
-		using Genode::List<Fetch>::Element::next;
+		using List<Fetch>::Element::next;
 
 		Main &main;
 
@@ -86,9 +88,9 @@ class Fetchurl::Fetch : Genode::List<Fetch>::Element
 struct Fetchurl::User_data
 {
 	Timer::Connection &timer;
-	Genode::Milliseconds last_ms;
-	Genode::Milliseconds const max_timeout;
-	Genode::Milliseconds curr_timeout;
+	Milliseconds last_ms;
+	Milliseconds const max_timeout;
+	Milliseconds curr_timeout;
 	Fetchurl::Fetch &fetch;
 };
 
@@ -100,20 +102,20 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 
 	Libc::Env &_env;
 
-	Genode::Heap _heap { _env.pd(), _env.rm() };
+	Heap _heap { _env.pd(), _env.rm() };
 
 	Timer::Connection _timer { _env, "reporter" };
 
-	Genode::Constructible<Genode::Expanding_reporter> _reporter { };
+	Constructible<Expanding_reporter> _reporter { };
 
-	Genode::List<Fetch> _fetches { };
+	List<Fetch> _fetches { };
 
 	Timer::One_shot_timeout<Main> _report_timeout {
 		_timer, *this, &Main::_report };
 
-	Genode::Duration _report_delay { Genode::Milliseconds { 0 } };
+	Duration _report_delay { Milliseconds { 0 } };
 
-	Genode::Milliseconds _progress_timeout { 10u * 1000 };
+	Milliseconds _progress_timeout { 10u * 1000 };
 
 	bool _ignore_result { false };
 
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 		if (!_reporter.constructed())
 			return;
 
-		_reporter->generate([&] (Genode::Xml_generator &xml) {
+		_reporter->generate([&] (Xml_generator &xml) {
 			for (Fetch *f = _fetches.first(); f; f = f->next()) {
 				xml.node("fetch", [&] {
 					xml.attribute("url",   f->url);
@@ -149,9 +151,9 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 		});
 	}
 
-	void _report(Genode::Duration) { _report(); }
+	void _report(Duration) { _report(); }
 
-	void parse_config(Genode::Xml_node const &config_node)
+	void parse_config(Xml_node const &config_node)
 	{
 		using namespace Genode;
 
@@ -176,10 +178,10 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 		_progress_timeout.value = config_node.attribute_value("progress_timeout",
 		                                                      _progress_timeout.value);
 
-		auto const parse_fn = [&] (Genode::Xml_node node) {
+		auto const parse_fn = [&] (Xml_node node) {
 
 			if (!node.has_attribute("url") || !node.has_attribute("path")) {
-				Genode::error("error reading 'fetch' XML node");
+				error("error reading 'fetch' XML node");
 				return;
 			}
 
@@ -202,14 +204,14 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 
 	Main(Libc::Env &e) : _env(e)
 	{
-		_env.config([&] (Genode::Xml_node const &config) {
+		_env.config([&] (Xml_node const &config) {
 			parse_config(config);
 		});
 	}
 
 	CURLcode _process_fetch(CURL *_curl, Fetch &_fetch)
 	{
-		Genode::log("fetch ", _fetch.url);
+		log("fetch ", _fetch.url, " to ", _fetch.path);
 
 		char const *out_path = _fetch.path.base();
 
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 			if (end_of_elem && (sub_path_len == 0))
 				continue;
 
-			Genode::String<256> sub_path(Genode::Cstring(out_path, sub_path_len));
+			String<256> sub_path(Cstring(out_path, sub_path_len));
 
 			/* skip '/' */
 			sub_path_len++;
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 
 			/* create directory for sub path */
 			if (mkdir(sub_path.string(), 0777) < 0) {
-				Genode::error("failed to create directory ", sub_path);
+				error("failed to create directory ", sub_path);
 				return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
 			}
 		}
@@ -253,15 +255,15 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 		if (fd == -1) {
 			switch (errno) {
 			case EACCES:
-				Genode::error("permission denied at ", out_path); break;
+				error("permission denied at ", out_path); break;
 			case EEXIST:
-				Genode::error(out_path, " already exists"); break;
+				error(out_path, " already exists"); break;
 			case EISDIR:
-				Genode::error(out_path, " is a directory"); break;
+				error(out_path, " is a directory"); break;
 			case ENOSPC:
-				Genode::error("cannot create ", out_path, ", out of space"); break;
+				error("cannot create ", out_path, ", out of space"); break;
 			default:
-				Genode::error("creation of ", out_path, " failed (errno=", errno, ")");
+				error("creation of ", out_path, " failed (errno=", errno, ")");
 			}
 			return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
 		}
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 			.timer        = _timer,
 			.last_ms      = _timer.curr_time().trunc_to_plain_ms(),
 			.max_timeout  = _progress_timeout,
-			.curr_timeout = Genode::Milliseconds { 0 },
+			.curr_timeout = Milliseconds { 0 },
 			.fetch        = _fetch,
 		};
 		curl_easy_setopt(_curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, &ud);
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 		if (res != CURLE_OK) {
 			unsigned long response_code = -1;
 			curl_easy_getinfo(_curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &response_code);
-			Genode::error(curl_easy_strerror(res), " (code=", response_code, "), failed to fetch ", _fetch.url);
+			error(curl_easy_strerror(res), " (code=", response_code, "), failed to fetch ", _fetch.url);
 		}
 		return res;
 	}
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ struct Fetchurl::Main
 
 		CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
 		if (!curl) {
-			Genode::error("failed to initialize libcurl");
+			error("failed to initialize libcurl");
 			return -1;
 		}