diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs.bbclass
index e17f711f..6af29b40 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs.bbclass
@@ -337,10 +337,12 @@ rootfs_install_pkgs_download[progress] = "custom:rootfs_progress.PkgsDownloadPro
 rootfs_install_pkgs_download[isar-apt-lock] = "release-after"
 rootfs_install_pkgs_download[network] = "${TASK_USE_NETWORK}"
 rootfs_install_pkgs_download() {
-    # download packages using apt in a non-privileged namespace
-    rootfs_cmd --bind "${ROOTFSDIR}/var/cache/apt/archives" /var/cache/apt/archives \
-               ${ROOTFSDIR} \
-               -- /usr/bin/apt-get ${ROOTFS_APT_ARGS} -o Debug::NoLocking=1 --download-only ${ROOTFS_PACKAGES}
+    # download packages using the host apt in a non-privileged namespace.
+    rootfs_cmd --bind "${ROOTFSDIR}" "${ROOTFSDIR}" \
+               -- /usr/bin/apt-get -o APT::Architecture=${ROOTFS_ARCH} \
+                                   -o Dir="${ROOTFSDIR}" \
+                                   ${ROOTFS_APT_ARGS} -o Debug::NoLocking=1 \
+                                   --download-only ${ROOTFS_PACKAGES}
 }
 
 ROOTFS_INSTALL_COMMAND_BEFORE_EXPORT ??= ""
@@ -356,23 +358,19 @@ ROOTFS_INSTALL_COMMAND += "rootfs_install_pkgs_isar_download"
 rootfs_install_pkgs_isar_download[weight] = "50"
 rootfs_install_pkgs_isar_download[isar-apt-lock] = "acquire-before release-after"
 rootfs_install_pkgs_isar_download() {
-    mkdir -p "${WORKDIR}/dpkg"
-
-    # Use our own dpkg lock files rather than those in the rootfs since we are not root
-    # (this is safe as there are no concurrent apt/dpkg operations for that rootfs)
-    touch "${WORKDIR}/dpkg/lock" "${WORKDIR}/dpkg/lock-frontend"
-
-    # Command apt-get install do not cache packages from local repos
-    # We can obtain non cached package URIs by recalling install command here
-    # No need in export those files to dl_dir, so we can run it right after
-    rootfs_cmd --bind "${ROOTFSDIR}/var/cache/apt/archives" /var/cache/apt/archives \
-               --bind "${WORKDIR}/dpkg/lock" /var/lib/dpkg/lock \
-               --bind "${WORKDIR}/dpkg/lock-frontend" /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend \
-               --chdir "/var/cache/apt/archives" \
-               ${ROOTFSDIR} \
-               -- /usr/bin/sh -c "apt-get ${ROOTFS_APT_ARGS} --print-uris ${ROOTFS_PACKAGES} | \
-                                  sed -n \"s|^.*/\\(.*\\)_[^_]*_[^_]*\\.deb'.*|\\1|p\" | \
-                                  xargs -r apt-get download"
+    # apt-get install does not cache packages coming from local repos
+    # (isar-apt). Obtain their URIs by recalling the install command and
+    # download them using the host apt, same as rootfs_install_pkgs_download.
+    # No need to export those files to dl_dir, so we can run it right after.
+    rootfs_cmd --bind "${ROOTFSDIR}" "${ROOTFSDIR}" \
+               --chdir "${ROOTFSDIR}/var/cache/apt/archives" \
+               -- /usr/bin/sh -c "apt-get -o APT::Architecture=${ROOTFS_ARCH} \
+                                           -o \"Dir=${ROOTFSDIR}\" -o Debug::NoLocking=1 \
+                                           ${ROOTFS_APT_ARGS} --print-uris ${ROOTFS_PACKAGES} | \
+                                   sed -n \"s|^.*/\\(.*\\)_[^_]*_[^_]*\\.deb'.*|\\1|p\" | \
+                                   xargs -r apt-get -o APT::Architecture=${ROOTFS_ARCH} \
+                                                    -o \"Dir=${ROOTFSDIR}\" -o Debug::NoLocking=1 \
+                                                   download"
 }
 
 ROOTFS_INSTALL_COMMAND += "${@ 'rootfs_install_clean_files' if (d.getVar('ROOTFS_CLEAN_FILES') or '').strip() else ''}"