diff --git a/src/database.c b/src/database.c
index 1e674d7..a81feb1 100644
--- a/src/database.c
+++ b/src/database.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ int apk_repo_format_real_url(apk_blob_t *default_arch, struct apk_repository *re
 			r = snprintf(buf, len, BLOB_FMT, BLOB_PRINTF(uri));
 		}
 	} else {
-		apk_blob_push_fmt(&uri, "/" BLOB_FMT, BLOB_PRINTF(arch));
+		while (uri.len && uri.ptr[uri.len-1] == '/') uri.len--;
 		if (pkg != NULL)
 			r = snprintf(buf, len, BLOB_FMT "/" BLOB_FMT "/" PKG_FILE_FMT,
 				BLOB_PRINTF(uri), BLOB_PRINTF(arch), PKG_FILE_PRINTF(pkg));