diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c4e03a2d6a..3cb7bf3bf9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -30,15 +30,11 @@ MODULES =					\
   guix/build-system.scm				\
   guix/build-system/gnu.scm			\
   guix/build-system/trivial.scm			\
-  guix/ftp.scm					\
   guix/ftp-client.scm				\
-  guix/http.scm					\
   guix/store.scm				\
   guix/ui.scm					\
   guix/build/download.scm			\
   guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm		\
-  guix/build/ftp.scm				\
-  guix/build/http.scm				\
   guix/build/utils.scm				\
   guix/build/union.scm				\
   guix/packages.scm				\
diff --git a/distro/packages/base.scm b/distro/packages/base.scm
index 707e8db2f2..04b1cccedc 100644
--- a/distro/packages/base.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/base.scm
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ (define-module (distro packages base)
   #:use-module (distro packages multiprecision)
   #:use-module (distro packages perl)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix ftp)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ (define-public hello
    (name "hello")
    (version "2.8")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-" version
                                 ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ (define-public grep
    (name "grep")
    (version "2.14")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ (define-public sed
    (name "sed")
    (version "4.2.1")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-" version
                                 ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ (define-public tar
    (name "tar")
    (version "1.26")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ (define-public patch
    (name "patch")
    (version "2.6.1")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ (define-public diffutils
    (name "diffutils")
    (version "3.2")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ (define-public findutils
    (name "findutils")
    (version "4.4.2")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/findutils-"
                                 version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ (define-public coreutils
    (name "coreutils")
    (version "8.19")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ (define-public gnu-make
    (name "make")
    (version "3.82")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-" version
                                 ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
@@ -308,7 +307,7 @@ (define-public binutils
    (name "binutils")
    (version "2.22")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ (define-public gcc-4.7
      (name "gcc")
      (version "4.7.2")
      (source (origin
-              (method http-fetch)
+              (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-"
                                   version "/gcc-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
@@ -469,7 +468,7 @@ (define-public linux-libre-headers
     (name "linux-libre-headers")
     (version version*)
     (source (origin
-             (method http-fetch)
+             (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
                    "http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/3.3.8-gnu/linux-libre-"
                    version "-gnu.tar.xz"))
@@ -498,7 +497,7 @@ (define-public glibc
    (name "glibc")
    (version "2.16.0")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/bash.scm b/distro/packages/bash.scm
index b4e5c1158a..3ee54299f9 100644
--- a/distro/packages/bash.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/bash.scm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ (define-module (distro packages bash)
   #:use-module (distro packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (distro packages readline)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ (define-public bash
      (name "bash")
      (version "4.2")
      (source (origin
-              (method http-fetch)
+              (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
                     "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/bdw-gc.scm b/distro/packages/bdw-gc.scm
index 9cf6c4cb2d..7f9800eb09 100644
--- a/distro/packages/bdw-gc.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/bdw-gc.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages bdw-gc)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ (define-public libgc
    (name "libgc")
    (version "7.2alpha6")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
                   "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-"
                   version ".tar.gz"))
diff --git a/distro/packages/bootstrap.scm b/distro/packages/bootstrap.scm
index 95a7de444c..8165be1d53 100644
--- a/distro/packages/bootstrap.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/bootstrap.scm
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 (define-module (distro packages bootstrap)
   #:use-module (distro)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix ftp)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
@@ -67,11 +65,7 @@ (define (boot fetch)
 
   (let ((orig-method (origin-method source)))
     (origin (inherit source)
-      (method (cond ((eq? orig-method http-fetch)
-                     (boot http-fetch))
-                    ((eq? orig-method ftp-fetch)
-                     (boot ftp-fetch))
-                    ((eq? orig-method url-fetch)
+      (method (cond ((eq? orig-method url-fetch)
                      (boot url-fetch))
                     (else orig-method))))))
 
@@ -207,7 +201,7 @@ (define %bootstrap-coreutils&co
   (package-from-tarball "bootstrap-binaries"
                         (lambda (system)
                           (origin
-                           (method http-fetch)
+                           (method url-fetch)
                            (uri (string-append
                                  %bootstrap-base-url "/"
                                  system "/static-binaries.tar.xz"))
@@ -226,7 +220,7 @@ (define %bootstrap-binutils
   (package-from-tarball "binutils-bootstrap"
                         (lambda (system)
                           (origin
-                           (method http-fetch)
+                           (method url-fetch)
                            (uri (string-append
                                  %bootstrap-base-url "/"
                                  system "/binutils-2.22.tar.xz"))
@@ -280,7 +274,7 @@ (define %bootstrap-glibc
        ("tarball" ,(lambda (system)
                      (bootstrap-origin
                       (origin
-                       (method http-fetch)
+                       (method url-fetch)
                        (uri (string-append %bootstrap-base-url "/"
                                            system "/glibc-2.16.0.tar.xz"))
                        (sha256
@@ -351,7 +345,7 @@ (define %bootstrap-gcc
        ("tarball" ,(lambda (system)
                      (bootstrap-origin
                       (origin
-                       (method http-fetch)
+                       (method url-fetch)
                        (uri (string-append %bootstrap-base-url "/"
                                            system "/gcc-4.7.2.tar.xz"))
                        (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/compression.scm b/distro/packages/compression.scm
index b6f16afdf5..d5299f62bb 100644
--- a/distro/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/compression.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages compression)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
 (define-public zlib
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ (define-public zlib
     (version "1.2.7")
     (source
      (origin
-      (method http-fetch)
+      (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "http://zlib.net/zlib-"
                           version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ (define-public gzip
    (name "gzip")
    (version "1.5")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-"
                                 version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ (define-public bzip2
       (name "bzip2")
       (version "1.0.6")
       (source (origin
-               (method http-fetch)
+               (method url-fetch)
                (uri (string-append "http://www.bzip.org/" version "/bzip2-"
                                    version ".tar.gz"))
                (sha256
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ (define-public xz
    (name "xz")
    (version "5.0.4")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://tukaani.org/xz/xz-" version
                                 ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/gawk.scm b/distro/packages/gawk.scm
index b04a1ebb57..58c1bf1bea 100644
--- a/distro/packages/gawk.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/gawk.scm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 (define-module (distro packages gawk)
   #:use-module (distro packages libsigsegv)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ (define-public gawk
    (name "gawk")
    (version "4.0.0")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-" version
                                 ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/gnupg.scm b/distro/packages/gnupg.scm
index 062187c0f8..7bc3b0c266 100644
--- a/distro/packages/gnupg.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/gnupg.scm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ (define-module (distro packages gnupg)
   #:use-module (distro packages readline)
   #:use-module (distro packages compression)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix ftp)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
 (define-public libgpg-error
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ (define-public libgpg-error
     (version "1.10")
     (source
      (origin
-      (method ftp-fetch)
+      (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-"
                           version ".tar.bz2"))
       (sha256
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ (define-public libgcrypt
     (version "1.5.0")
     (source
      (origin
-      (method ftp-fetch)
+      (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-"
                           version ".tar.bz2"))
       (sha256
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ (define-public libassuan
     (version "2.0.3")
     (source
      (origin
-      (method ftp-fetch)
+      (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-"
                           version ".tar.bz2"))
       (sha256
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ (define-public libksba
     (version "1.2.0")
     (source
      (origin
-      (method ftp-fetch)
+      (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append
             "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-"
             version ".tar.bz2"))
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ (define-public gnupg
     (version "2.0.19")
     (source
      (origin
-      (method ftp-fetch)
+      (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append
             "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-" version
             ".tar.bz2"))
diff --git a/distro/packages/gperf.scm b/distro/packages/gperf.scm
index 392b9dd4fe..099038af69 100644
--- a/distro/packages/gperf.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/gperf.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages gperf)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix ftp)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ (define-public gperf
     (version "3.0.4")
     (source
      (origin
-      (method ftp-fetch)
+      (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/gperf-"
                           version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/guile.scm b/distro/packages/guile.scm
index d65584f371..937be8dd2c 100644
--- a/distro/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/guile.scm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ (define-module (distro packages guile)
   #:use-module (distro packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (distro packages readline)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
 ;;; Commentary:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ (define-public guile-1.8
    (name "guile")
    (version "1.8.8")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-" version
                                 ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ (define-public guile-2.0
    (name "guile")
    (version "2.0.6")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-" version
                                 ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ (define (guile-reader guile)
    (name (string-append "guile-reader-for-guile-" (package-version guile)))
    (version "0.6")
    (source  (origin
-             (method http-fetch)
+             (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
                    "http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/guile-reader/guile-reader-"
                    version ".tar.gz"))
diff --git a/distro/packages/libffi.scm b/distro/packages/libffi.scm
index dca0387433..8d702a92dd 100644
--- a/distro/packages/libffi.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/libffi.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages libffi)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix ftp)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ (define out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
     (name "libffi")
     (version "3.0.9")
     (source (origin
-             (method ftp-fetch)
+             (method url-fetch)
              (uri
               (string-append "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/"
                              name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
diff --git a/distro/packages/libsigsegv.scm b/distro/packages/libsigsegv.scm
index 9c6d80296d..030557f918 100644
--- a/distro/packages/libsigsegv.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/libsigsegv.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages libsigsegv)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ (define-public libsigsegv
    (name "libsigsegv")
    (version "2.10")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
                   "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libsigsegv/libsigsegv-"
                   version ".tar.gz"))
diff --git a/distro/packages/libtool.scm b/distro/packages/libtool.scm
index 02af715d32..63c88cd4cd 100644
--- a/distro/packages/libtool.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/libtool.scm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ (define-module (distro packages libtool)
   #:use-module (distro packages m4)
   #:use-module (distro packages perl)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ (define-public libtool
    (name "libtool")
    (version "2.4.2")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-"
                                 version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/libunistring.scm b/distro/packages/libunistring.scm
index fb912eaf8f..0d865645bd 100644
--- a/distro/packages/libunistring.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/libunistring.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages libunistring)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ (define-public libunistring
    (name "libunistring")
    (version "0.9.3")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
                   "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-"
                   version ".tar.gz"))
diff --git a/distro/packages/lout.scm b/distro/packages/lout.scm
index 3045afa3ab..0ea3b0887d 100644
--- a/distro/packages/lout.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/lout.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages lout)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ (define out
     (name "lout")
     (version "3.39")
     (source (origin
-             (method http-fetch)
+             (method url-fetch)
              ;; FIXME: `http-get' doesn't follow redirects, hence the URL.
              (uri (string-append
                    "http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lout/lout-"
diff --git a/distro/packages/m4.scm b/distro/packages/m4.scm
index 7097ffb68f..8517b73834 100644
--- a/distro/packages/m4.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/m4.scm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 (define-module (distro packages m4)
   #:use-module (distro)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ (define-public m4
    (name "m4")
    (version "1.4.16")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/multiprecision.scm b/distro/packages/multiprecision.scm
index 98e4c72a72..c780e4ce03 100644
--- a/distro/packages/multiprecision.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/multiprecision.scm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ (define-module (distro packages multiprecision)
   #:use-module (distro)
   #:use-module (distro packages m4)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ (define-public gmp
    (name "gmp")
    (version "5.0.5")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-" version
                                 ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ (define-public mpfr
    (name "mpfr")
    (version "3.1.1")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/mpfr-" version
                                 ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256 (base32
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ (define-public mpc
    (name "mpc")
    (version "1.0")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
                   "http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-"
                   version ".tar.gz"))
diff --git a/distro/packages/ncurses.scm b/distro/packages/ncurses.scm
index d9c31c6fee..b16d4002ee 100644
--- a/distro/packages/ncurses.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/ncurses.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ (define lib.so
      (name "ncurses")
      (version "5.9")
      (source (origin
-              (method http-fetch)
+              (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/perl.scm b/distro/packages/perl.scm
index 7e6cf0e4f7..9704ae1440 100644
--- a/distro/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/perl.scm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 (define-module (distro packages perl)
   #:use-module (distro)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ (define-public perl
     (name "perl")
     (version "5.16.1")
     (source (origin
-             (method http-fetch)
+             (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/pkg-config.scm b/distro/packages/pkg-config.scm
index 7e44efb429..554be6bcde 100644
--- a/distro/packages/pkg-config.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/pkg-config.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ (define-public pkg-config
    (name "pkg-config")
    (version "0.27.1")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
                   "http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-"
                   version ".tar.gz"))
diff --git a/distro/packages/pth.scm b/distro/packages/pth.scm
index 94e0dbbaee..bb65c41598 100644
--- a/distro/packages/pth.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/pth.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 (define-module (distro packages pth)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix ftp)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
 (define-public pth
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ (define-public pth
     (version "2.0.7")
     (source
      (origin
-      (method ftp-fetch)
+      (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pth/pth-" version
                           ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/readline.scm b/distro/packages/readline.scm
index 6f54d32825..18c149b2c6 100644
--- a/distro/packages/readline.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/readline.scm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ (define-module (distro packages readline)
   #:use-module (distro)
   #:use-module (distro packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ (define-public readline
    (name "readline")
    (version "6.2")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-"
                                 version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
diff --git a/distro/packages/recutils.scm b/distro/packages/recutils.scm
index c3b74b6085..a03e73b7d6 100644
--- a/distro/packages/recutils.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/recutils.scm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 (define-module (distro packages recutils)
   #:use-module (distro)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ (define-public recutils
    (name "recutils")
    (version "1.5")
    (source (origin
-            (method http-fetch)
+            (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/recutils-"
                                 version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
diff --git a/guix.scm b/guix.scm
index 1e136372bc..9efc6e7139 100644
--- a/guix.scm
+++ b/guix.scm
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ (define %public-modules
         build-system
         derivations
         ftp-client
-        ftp
-        http
+        download
         packages
         store
         utils))
diff --git a/guix/build/ftp.scm b/guix/build/ftp.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 17486953c2..0000000000
--- a/guix/build/ftp.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-;;;
-;;; This file is part of Guix.
-;;;
-;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-;;; your option) any later version.
-;;;
-;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;;
-;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;;; along with Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-(define-module (guix build ftp)
-  #:use-module (guix ftp-client)
-  #:use-module (guix build utils)
-  #:use-module (web uri)
-  #:export (ftp-fetch))
-
-;;; Commentary:
-;;;
-;;; Fetch data such as tarballs over FTP (builder-side code).
-;;;
-;;; Code:
-
-(define (ftp-fetch url file)
-  "Fetch data from URL and write it to FILE.  Return FILE on success."
-
-  (setvbuf (current-output-port) _IOLBF)
-  (format #t "starting FTP download of `~a' from `~a'...~%" file url)
-  (let* ((uri  (string->uri url))
-         (conn (ftp-open (uri-host uri)))
-         (in   (ftp-retr conn (basename (uri-path uri))
-                         (dirname (uri-path uri)))))
-    (call-with-output-file file
-      (lambda (out)
-        ;; TODO: Show a progress bar.
-        (dump-port in out)))
-
-    (ftp-close conn))
-  file)
-
-;;; ftp.scm ends here
diff --git a/guix/build/http.scm b/guix/build/http.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 65c09fa4cd..0000000000
--- a/guix/build/http.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-;;;
-;;; This file is part of Guix.
-;;;
-;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-;;; your option) any later version.
-;;;
-;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;;
-;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;;; along with Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-(define-module (guix build http)
-  #:use-module (web uri)
-  #:use-module (web client)
-  #:use-module (web response)
-  #:use-module (rnrs io ports)
-  #:use-module (srfi srfi-11)
-  #:export (http-fetch))
-
-;;; Commentary:
-;;;
-;;; Fetch data such as tarballs over HTTP (builder-side code).
-;;;
-;;; Code:
-
-(define (open-connection-for-uri uri)
-  "Return an open input/output port for a connection to URI.
-
-This is the same as Guile's `open-socket-for-uri', except that we always
-use a numeric port argument, to avoid the need to go through libc's NSS,
-which is not available during bootstrap."
-  (define addresses
-    (let ((port (or (uri-port uri)
-                    (case (uri-scheme uri)
-                      ((http) 80)           ; /etc/services, not for me!
-                      (else
-                       (error "unsupported URI scheme" uri))))))
-      (getaddrinfo (uri-host uri)
-                   (number->string port)
-                   AI_NUMERICSERV)))
-
-  (let loop ((addresses addresses))
-    (let* ((ai (car addresses))
-           (s  (with-fluids ((%default-port-encoding #f))
-                 (socket (addrinfo:fam ai) (addrinfo:socktype ai)
-                         (addrinfo:protocol ai)))))
-      (catch 'system-error
-        (lambda ()
-          (connect s (addrinfo:addr ai))
-
-          ;; Buffer input and output on this port.
-          (setvbuf s _IOFBF)
-          ;; Enlarge the receive buffer.
-          (setsockopt s SOL_SOCKET SO_RCVBUF (* 12 1024))
-          s)
-        (lambda args
-          ;; Connection failed, so try one of the other addresses.
-          (close s)
-          (if (null? addresses)
-              (apply throw args)
-              (loop (cdr addresses))))))))
-
-;; XXX: This is an awful hack to make sure the (set-port-encoding! p
-;; "ISO-8859-1") call in `read-response' passes, even during bootstrap
-;; where iconv is not available.
-(module-define! (resolve-module '(web response))
-                'set-port-encoding!
-                (lambda (p e) #f))
-
-(define (http-fetch url file)
-  "Fetch data from URL and write it to FILE.  Return FILE on success."
-
-  (setvbuf (current-output-port) _IOLBF)
-  (format #t "starting HTTP download of `~a' from `~a'...~%" file url)
-
-  ;; FIXME: Use a variant of `http-get' that returns a port instead of
-  ;; loading everything in memory.
-  (let*-values (((uri)
-                 (string->uri url))
-                ((connection)
-                 (open-connection-for-uri uri))
-                ((resp bv)
-                 (http-get uri #:port connection #:decode-body? #f))
-                ((code)
-                 (response-code resp)))
-    (if (= 200 code)
-        (begin
-          (call-with-output-file file
-            (lambda (p)
-              (put-bytevector p bv)))
-          file)
-        (error "download failed" url
-               code (response-reason-phrase resp)))))
diff --git a/guix/ftp.scm b/guix/ftp.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 2717bf3fb3..0000000000
--- a/guix/ftp.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-;;;
-;;; This file is part of Guix.
-;;;
-;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-;;; your option) any later version.
-;;;
-;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;;
-;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;;; along with Guix.  If not, see <ftp://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-(define-module (guix ftp)
-  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
-  #:use-module (guix derivations)
-  #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module ((guix store) #:select (derivation-path?))
-  #:use-module (guix utils)
-  #:export (ftp-fetch))
-
-;;; Commentary:
-;;;
-;;; Produce fixed-output derivations with data fetched over FTP.
-;;;
-;;; Code:
-
-(define* (ftp-fetch store url hash-algo hash
-                    #:optional name
-                    #:key (system (%current-system)) guile)
-  "Return the path of a fixed-output derivation in STORE that fetches URL,
-which is expected to have hash HASH of type HASH-ALGO (a symbol).  By
-default, the file name is the base name of URL; optionally, NAME can specify
-a different file name."
-  (define builder
-    `(begin
-       (use-modules (guix build ftp))
-       (ftp-fetch ,url %output)))
-
-  (define guile-for-build
-    (match guile
-      ((? package?)
-       (package-derivation store guile system))
-      ((and (? string?) (? derivation-path?))
-       guile)
-      (#f                                         ; the default
-       (let* ((distro (resolve-interface '(distro packages base)))
-              (guile  (module-ref distro 'guile-final)))
-         (package-derivation store guile system)))))
-
-  (build-expression->derivation store (or name (basename url)) system
-                                builder '()
-                                #:hash-algo hash-algo
-                                #:hash hash
-                                #:modules '((guix ftp-client)
-                                            (guix build ftp)
-                                            (guix build utils))
-                                #:guile-for-build guile-for-build))
-
-;;; ftp.scm ends here
diff --git a/guix/http.scm b/guix/http.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 182d011b77..0000000000
--- a/guix/http.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-;;;
-;;; This file is part of Guix.
-;;;
-;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-;;; your option) any later version.
-;;;
-;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;;
-;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;;; along with Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-(define-module (guix http)
-  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
-  #:use-module (guix derivations)
-  #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module ((guix store) #:select (derivation-path?))
-  #:use-module (guix utils)
-  #:export (http-fetch))
-
-;;; Commentary:
-;;;
-;;; Produce fixed-output derivations with data fetched over HTTP.
-;;;
-;;; Code:
-
-(define* (http-fetch store url hash-algo hash
-                     #:optional name
-                     #:key (system (%current-system)) guile)
-  "Return the path of a fixed-output derivation in STORE that fetches URL,
-which is expected to have hash HASH of type HASH-ALGO (a symbol).  By
-default, the file name is the base name of URL; optionally, NAME can specify
-a different file name."
-  (define builder
-    `(begin
-       (use-modules (guix build http))
-       (http-fetch ,url %output)))
-
-  (define guile-for-build
-    (match guile
-      ((? package?)
-       (package-derivation store guile system))
-      ((and (? string?) (? derivation-path?))
-       guile)
-      (#f                                         ; the default
-       (let* ((distro (resolve-interface '(distro packages base)))
-              (guile  (module-ref distro 'guile-final)))
-         (package-derivation store guile system)))))
-
-  (build-expression->derivation store (or name (basename url)) system
-                                builder '()
-                                #:hash-algo hash-algo
-                                #:hash hash
-                                #:modules '((guix build http))
-                                #:guile-for-build guile-for-build))
-
-;;; http.scm ends here
diff --git a/tests/builders.scm b/tests/builders.scm
index 9cc86ef1c2..d2691c521f 100644
--- a/tests/builders.scm
+++ b/tests/builders.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 
 (define-module (test-builders)
-  #:use-module (guix http)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
@@ -54,16 +53,6 @@ (define %bootstrap-inputs
 
 (test-begin "builders")
 
-(test-assert "http-fetch"
-  (let* ((url      "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.8.tar.gz")
-         (hash     (nix-base32-string->bytevector
-                    "0wqd8sjmxfskrflaxywc7gqw7sfawrfvdxd9skxawzfgyy0pzdz6"))
-         (drv-path (http-fetch %store url 'sha256 hash))
-         (out-path (derivation-path->output-path drv-path)))
-    (and (build-derivations %store (list drv-path))
-         (file-exists? out-path)
-         (valid-path? %store out-path))))
-
 (test-assert "url-fetch"
   (let* ((url      '("http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.8.tar.gz"
                      "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.8.tar.gz"))
@@ -83,7 +72,7 @@ (define %bootstrap-inputs
   (let* ((url      "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.8.tar.gz")
          (hash     (nix-base32-string->bytevector
                     "0wqd8sjmxfskrflaxywc7gqw7sfawrfvdxd9skxawzfgyy0pzdz6"))
-         (tarball  (http-fetch %store url 'sha256 hash))
+         (tarball  (url-fetch %store url 'sha256 hash))
          (build    (gnu-build %store "hello-2.8" tarball
                               %bootstrap-inputs
                               #:implicit-inputs? #f