diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
index e505713c2b..307a459f7d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ module Homebrew
     already_fetched = f.cached_download.exist?
 
     begin
-      download = f.fetch
+      download = f.fetch(verify_download_integrity: false)
     rescue DownloadError
       retry if retry_fetch? f
       raise
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/mirror.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/mirror.rb
index 298e9e5949..c90c9f98cb 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/mirror.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/mirror.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ module Homebrew
       downloader = f.downloader
 
       downloader.fetch
-      f.verify_download_integrity(downloader.cached_location)
 
       filename = downloader.basename
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index abb29bce93..6a8bababe4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -1688,8 +1688,8 @@ class Formula
   end
 
   # @private
-  def fetch
-    active_spec.fetch
+  def fetch(verify_download_integrity: true)
+    active_spec.fetch(verify_download_integrity: verify_download_integrity)
   end
 
   # @private
@@ -2057,10 +2057,7 @@ class Formula
     active_spec.add_legacy_patches(patches) if respond_to?(:patches)
 
     patchlist.grep(DATAPatch) { |p| p.path = path }
-
-    patchlist.each do |patch|
-      patch.verify_download_integrity(patch.fetch) if patch.external?
-    end
+    patchlist.select(&:external?).each(&:fetch)
   end
 
   # The methods below define the formula DSL.
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index e861f38c78..f8c745f9c9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -948,8 +948,9 @@ class FormulaInstaller
       downloader = LocalBottleDownloadStrategy.new(bottle_path)
     else
       downloader = formula.bottle
-      downloader.verify_download_integrity(downloader.fetch)
+      downloader.fetch
     end
+
     HOMEBREW_CELLAR.cd do
       downloader.stage
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb b/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
index b4c32f1736..9998b50ca5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
@@ -70,17 +70,14 @@ class Resource
   def stage(target = nil, &block)
     raise ArgumentError, "target directory or block is required" unless target || block
 
-    verify_download_integrity(fetch)
+    fetch
     prepare_patches
     unpack(target, &block)
   end
 
   def prepare_patches
     patches.grep(DATAPatch) { |p| p.path = owner.owner.path }
-
-    patches.each do |patch|
-      patch.verify_download_integrity(patch.fetch) if patch.external?
-    end
+    patches.select(&:external?).each(&:fetch)
   end
 
   def apply_patches
@@ -114,7 +111,7 @@ class Resource
     Partial.new(self, files)
   end
 
-  def fetch
+  def fetch(verify_download_integrity: true)
     HOMEBREW_CACHE.mkpath
 
     begin
@@ -123,7 +120,9 @@ class Resource
       raise DownloadError.new(self, e)
     end
 
-    cached_download
+    download = cached_download
+    verify_download_integrity(download) if verify_download_integrity
+    download
   end
 
   def verify_download_integrity(fn)