diff --git a/grab_packages.sh b/grab_packages.sh
index 6e8fe3e..9e158ba 100755
--- a/grab_packages.sh
+++ b/grab_packages.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 CURRENT_DIR=$(realpath "$0")
 CURRENT_DIR=$(dirname "${CURRENT_DIR}")
 
+. "${CURRENT_DIR}/scripts/download.sh"
 . "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/scripts/versions.sh"
 . "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/scripts/libraries.sh"
 
@@ -10,11 +11,8 @@ function download_package() {
   local NAME=$1
   local ITEM_LIST=(${PROJECT_DOWNLOADS[${NAME}]//;/ })
   if [ ! -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}" ]; then
-    rm -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}"
-
-    if ! wget --tries=5 --waitretry=5 ${ITEM_LIST[0]} -O "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}"; then
+    if ! download_file "${ITEM_LIST[0]}" "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}"; then
       echo "failed $NAME"
-      rm -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}"
       exit 1
     fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/create_packages.sh b/scripts/create_packages.sh
index 26426fd..e17fcfe 100755
--- a/scripts/create_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_packages.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SCRIPTS_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPTS_DIR})
 CURRENT_DIR=${SCRIPTS_DIR}/..
 CURRENT_DIR=$(realpath "${CURRENT_DIR}")
 
+. "${CURRENT_DIR}/scripts/download.sh"
 . "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/scripts/versions.sh"
 . "${CURRENT_DIR}/src/scripts/libraries.sh"
 
@@ -34,12 +35,9 @@ function download_and_update_hash() {
       rm -r ${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${CLEANUP_LIST[0]}
     fi
 
-    rm -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}"
     rm -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}.sha256"
-
-    if ! wget --tries=5 --waitretry=5 ${ITEM_LIST[0]} -O "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}"; then
+    if ! download_file "${ITEM_LIST[0]}" "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}"; then
       echo "failed $NAME"
-      rm -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}/${ITEM_LIST[1]}"
       exit 1
     fi
     pushd "${CURRENT_DIR}/support/${ITEM_LIST[2]}"
diff --git a/scripts/download.sh b/scripts/download.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c425f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/download.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+WGET_OPTS="--tries=5 --waitretry=5"
+
+function remove_file() {
+  if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+    rm -f "$1"
+  fi
+}
+
+function download_file() {
+  remove_file "$2"
+  if wget ${WGET_OPTS} "$1" -O "$2"; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  remove_file "$2"
+  return 1
+}