diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index e4f6780778..9cb56cd218 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class MercurialDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
   end
 
   def clone_repo
-    safe_system hgpath, "clone", url, cached_location
+    safe_system hgpath, "clone", @url, cached_location
   end
 
   def update
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ class BazaarDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
 
   def clone_repo
     # "lightweight" means history-less
-    safe_system bzrpath, "checkout", "--lightweight", url, cached_location
+    safe_system bzrpath, "checkout", "--lightweight", @url, cached_location
   end
 
   def update
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ class FossilDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
   end
 
   def clone_repo
-    safe_system fossilpath, "clone", url, cached_location
+    safe_system fossilpath, "clone", @url, cached_location
   end
 
   def update