diff --git a/support/download/scp b/support/download/scp
index 49cfff2b9f..80cf495c4e 100755
--- a/support/download/scp
+++ b/support/download/scp
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ _scp() {
     eval ${SCP} "${@}"
 }
 
+# Remove any scheme prefix
+uri="${uri##scp://}"
+
 _scp ${verbose} "${@}" "'${uri}/${filename}'" "'${output}'"