diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs.bbclass
index 77e6aefc..2ce8cee3 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs.bbclass
@@ -361,23 +361,15 @@ 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" "${WORKDIR}/dpkg/lock-frontend"
-
     # Command apt-get install do not cache packages from local repos
     # We can obtain non cached package URIs by recalling install command here
-    # No need in export those files to dl_dir, so we can run it right after
+    # No need to export those files to dl_dir, so we can run it right after
     rootfs_cmd --bind "${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"
+               -- /usr/bin/sh -c 'apt-get ${ROOTFS_APT_ARGS} --print-uris ${ROOTFS_PACKAGES} | \
+                                  sed -n "s|^.file:\(/[^'\'']*/\)[^'\'']*\.deb. \([^ ]*\.deb\) .*|\1\2|p" | \
+                                  while read -r path; do cp -n "$path" ./ ; done'
 }
 
 ROOTFS_INSTALL_COMMAND += "${@ 'rootfs_install_clean_files' if (d.getVar('ROOTFS_CLEAN_FILES') or '').strip() else ''}"