ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE)),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
-       -u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE),urlencode)
+       -u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE)),urlencode)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE_ONLY),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
-       -u $($(PKG)_SITE_METHOD)+$(dir $(1))
+       -u $($(PKG)_SITE_METHOD)+$(dir $(call qstrip,$(1)))
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE)),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
        -u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE),urlencode)
 endif
 
 define DOWNLOAD
-       $(Q)$(if $(filter bzr cvs hg svn,$($(PKG)_SITE_METHOD)),BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR=$(notdir $(1))) \
+       $(Q)$(if $(filter bzr cvs hg svn,$($(PKG)_SITE_METHOD)),
+               BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR=$(notdir $(call qstrip,$(1)))) \
        $(EXTRA_ENV) $(DL_WRAPPER) \
-               -c $($(PKG)_DL_VERSION) \
-               -f $(notdir $(1)) \
-               -H $(PKGDIR)/$($(PKG)_RAWNAME).hash \
-               -n $($(PKG)_BASENAME_RAW) \
-               -N $($(PKG)_RAWNAME) \
-               -o $(DL_DIR)/$(notdir $(1)) \
+               -c '$($(PKG)_DL_VERSION)' \
+               -f '$(notdir $(1))' \
+               -H '$(PKGDIR)/$($(PKG)_RAWNAME).hash' \
+               -n '$($(PKG)_BASENAME_RAW)' \
+               -N '$($(PKG)_RAWNAME)' \
+               -o '$(DL_DIR)/$(notdir $(1))' \
                $(if $($(PKG)_GIT_SUBMODULES),-r) \
                $(DOWNLOAD_URIS) \
                $(QUIET) \