diff --git a/scripts/relup-base-packages.sh b/scripts/relup-base-packages.sh
index 60785adc8..cb23dcabe 100755
--- a/scripts/relup-base-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/relup-base-packages.sh
@@ -70,19 +70,20 @@ otp_vsn_for() {
 for tag in $(../scripts/relup-base-vsns.sh $EDITION | xargs echo -n); do
     filename="$PROFILE-${tag#[e|v]}-otp$(otp_vsn_for "$tag")-$SYSTEM-$ARCH.zip"
     url="https://packages.emqx.io/$DIR/$tag/$filename"
-    if [ ! -f "$filename" ] && curl -L -I -m 10 -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}" "${url}" | grep -q -oE "^[23]+" ; then
-        echo "downloading base package from ${url} ..."
-        curl -L -o "${filename}" "${url}"
-        if [ "$SYSTEM" != "centos6" ]; then
-            echo "downloading sha256 sum from ${url}.sha256 ..."
-            curl -L -o "${filename}.sha256" "${url}.sha256"
-            SUMSTR=$(cat "${filename}.sha256")
-            echo "got sha265sum: ${SUMSTR}"
-            ## https://askubuntu.com/questions/1202208/checking-sha256-checksum
-            echo "${SUMSTR}  ${filename}" | $SHASUM -c || exit 1
-        fi
-    else
-        echo "file $filename already downloaded or doesn't exist in the archives; skipping it"
+    echo "downloading base package from ${url} ..."
+    if [ -f "$filename" ]; then
+        echo "file $filename already downloaded; skikpped"
+        continue
+    fi
+    echo "downloading base package from ${url} ..."
+    curl -L -o "${filename}" "${url}"
+    if [ "$SYSTEM" != "centos6" ]; then
+        echo "downloading sha256 sum from ${url}.sha256 ..."
+        curl -L -o "${filename}.sha256" "${url}.sha256"
+        SUMSTR=$(cat "${filename}.sha256")
+        echo "got sha265sum: ${SUMSTR}"
+        ## https://askubuntu.com/questions/1202208/checking-sha256-checksum
+        echo "${SUMSTR}  ${filename}" | $SHASUM -c || exit 1
     fi
 done