diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
index b810bcb614c..0b16c227e9d 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ verify_sha256_cksum()
 
 	[ -z "$file" -o -z "$cksum" ] && return 1
 
-	filesum=$(xbps-digest $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/$file)
+	filesum=$(xbps-digest.static $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/$file)
 	if [ "$origsum" != "$filesum" ]; then
 		msg_error "SHA256 checksum doesn't match for $file."
 	fi
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fetch_update_cksum()
 	local tmpl="$XBPS_TEMPLATESDIR/$pkgname/template"
 	local upcmd=$(basename $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/$1)
 
-	sed -i -e "s|checksum.*|checksum=$(xbps-digest ${upcmd})|" $tmpl
+	sed -i -e "s|checksum.*|checksum=$(xbps-digest.static ${upcmd})|" $tmpl
 	return $?
 }
 
diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/metadata.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/metadata.sh
index 4b513821445..18e0a9afba2 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/metadata.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/metadata.sh
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ xbps_write_metadata_pkg_real()
 		echo "<key>file</key>" >> $TMPFPLIST
 		echo "<string>$j</string>" >> $TMPFPLIST
 		echo "<key>sha256</key>" >> $TMPFPLIST
-		echo "<string>$(xbps-digest $f)</string>"  >> $TMPFPLIST
+		echo "<string>$(xbps-digest.static $f)</string>"  \
+			>> $TMPFPLIST
 		echo "</dict>" >> $TMPFPLIST
 	done
 	echo "</array>" >> $TMPFPLIST