diff --git a/stylesheets/md5sum.xsl b/stylesheets/md5sum.xsl
index 57723df97..4ea19741b 100644
--- a/stylesheets/md5sum.xsl
+++ b/stylesheets/md5sum.xsl
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
       <!-- If some package don't have the predefined strings in their
       name, the next test must be fixed to match it also. Skip possible
       duplicated URLs that may be split for PDF output -->
-    <xsl:if test="(contains( @url, '.tar.' ) or
-                   contains( @url, '.tgz'  ) or
-                   contains( @url, '.patch') ) and
-                   not( ancestor-or-self::*/@condition = 'pdf' )" >
+    <xsl:if test="( (contains( @url, '.tar.' ) and not( ancestor::note ) ) or
+                    contains( @url, '.tgz'   )                             or
+                    contains( @url, '.patch' ) 
+                  ) and 
+                    not( ancestor-or-self::*/@condition = 'pdf' )" >
       <!-- Get the md5sum -->
       <xsl:value-of select="../../para/literal"/>
 
diff --git a/stylesheets/wget-list.xsl b/stylesheets/wget-list.xsl
index 09f99cd22..0b07db373 100644
--- a/stylesheets/wget-list.xsl
+++ b/stylesheets/wget-list.xsl
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
       <!-- If some package don't have the predefined strings in their
       name, the next test must be fixed to match it also. Skip possible
       duplicated URLs due that may be split for PDF output -->
-    <xsl:if test="(contains(@url, '.tar.') or
-                   contains(@url, '.tgz')  or
-                   contains(@url, '.patch')) and
-                  not(ancestor-or-self::*/@condition = 'pdf')">
+    <xsl:if test="( (contains(@url, '.tar.') and not( ancestor::note ) ) or
+                    contains(@url, '.tgz'  )                             or
+                    contains(@url, '.patch')
+                  ) and
+                    not(ancestor-or-self::*/@condition = 'pdf')">
       <xsl:choose>
         <xsl:when test="contains(@url,'?download')">
           <xsl:value-of select="substring-before(@url,'?download')"/>