diff --git a/templates/expat-2.0.1.tmpl b/templates/expat-2.0.1.tmpl
index b3e3f90997b..992ef9bc70b 100755
--- a/templates/expat-2.0.1.tmpl
+++ b/templates/expat-2.0.1.tmpl
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ extract_sufx=".tar.gz"
 # source distribution files.
 #distfiles=""
 
-# URL to fetch
-url=http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/expat/
+#
+# URL to fetch. Do not add a slash at the end.
+#
+url=http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/expat
 
 # Arguments passed to configure if $build_style = {,gnu_}configure.
 #configure_args=""
diff --git a/templates/pkg-config-0.23.tmpl b/templates/pkg-config-0.23.tmpl
index f80cba2ecc3..9e1a52b87b3 100755
--- a/templates/pkg-config-0.23.tmpl
+++ b/templates/pkg-config-0.23.tmpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ extract_sufx=".tar.gz"
 #distfiles=""
 
 # URL to fetch
-url=http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/
+url=http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases
 
 # Arguments passed to configure if $build_style = {,gnu_}configure.
 #configure_args=""