diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 30bb8d9a71..db09e10f0a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
 
   def initialize(url, name, version, **meta)
     super
+    @try_partial = true
     @mirrors = meta.fetch(:mirrors, [])
   end
 
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
   end
 
   def _curl_download(resolved_url, to, timeout)
-    curl_download resolved_url, to: to, timeout: timeout
+    curl_download resolved_url, to: to, try_partial: @try_partial, timeout: timeout
   end
 
   # Curl options to be always passed to curl,
@@ -577,7 +578,7 @@ class HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
   def _curl_download(resolved_url, to, timeout)
     raise HomebrewCurlDownloadStrategyError, url unless Formula["curl"].any_version_installed?
 
-    curl_download resolved_url, to: to, timeout: timeout, use_homebrew_curl: true
+    curl_download resolved_url, to: to, try_partial: @try_partial, timeout: timeout, use_homebrew_curl: true
   end
 end
 
@@ -656,7 +657,7 @@ class CurlPostDownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
       query.nil? ? [url, "-X", "POST"] : [url, "-d", query]
     end
 
-    curl_download(*args, to: temporary_path, timeout: timeout)
+    curl_download(*args, to: temporary_path, try_partial: @try_partial, timeout: timeout)
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
index 20792f25a5..f1dd65e450 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ module Utils
       result
     end
 
-    def curl_download(*args, to: nil, try_partial: true, **options)
+    def curl_download(*args, to: nil, try_partial: false, **options)
       destination = Pathname(to)
       destination.dirname.mkpath
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
index 93e2d7d1d9..38e0183e92 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ module SPDX
 
   def download_latest_license_data!(to: DATA_PATH)
     data_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spdx/license-list-data/#{latest_tag}/json/"
-    curl_download("#{data_url}licenses.json", to: to/"spdx_licenses.json", try_partial: false)
-    curl_download("#{data_url}exceptions.json", to: to/"spdx_exceptions.json", try_partial: false)
+    curl_download("#{data_url}licenses.json", to: to/"spdx_licenses.json")
+    curl_download("#{data_url}exceptions.json", to: to/"spdx_exceptions.json")
   end
 
   def parse_license_expression(license_expression)