diff --git a/cmd/octorpki/octorpki.go b/cmd/octorpki/octorpki.go
index f14bbfd..a4b2d6b 100644
--- a/cmd/octorpki/octorpki.go
+++ b/cmd/octorpki/octorpki.go
@@ -349,15 +349,6 @@ func mustMkdirAll(fPath string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func mustExtractFilePathFromRsyncURL(rsyncURL string) string {
-	fPath, err := syncpki.ExtractFilePathFromRsyncURL(rsyncURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Unable to extract file path from rsync url: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return fPath
-}
-
 func (s *OctoRPKI) ReceiveRRDPFileCallback(main string, url string, path string, data []byte, withdraw bool, snapshot bool, serial int64, args ...interface{}) error {
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		rsync, ok := args[0].(string)
@@ -547,6 +538,15 @@ func mustExtractFoldersPathFromRsyncURL(rsyncURL string) string {
 	return downloadPath
 }
 
+func mustExtractFilePathFromRsyncURL(rsyncURL string) string {
+	fPath, err := syncpki.ExtractFilePathFromRsyncURL(rsyncURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Unable to extract file path from rsync url: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return fPath
+}
+
 func (s *OctoRPKI) fetchRsync(uri string, span opentracing.Span) {
 	rSpan := s.tracer.StartSpan("sync", opentracing.ChildOf(span.Context()))
 	defer rSpan.Finish()
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ func (s *OctoRPKI) fetchRsync(uri string, span opentracing.Span) {
 	rSpan.SetTag("type", "rsync")
 
 	log.Infof("Rsync sync %v", uri)
-	downloadPath := mustExtractFoldersPathFromRsyncURL(uri)
+	downloadPath := mustExtractFilePathFromRsyncURL(uri)
 
 	path := filepath.Join(*Basepath, downloadPath)
 	ctxRsync, cancelRsync := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), *RsyncTimeout)
diff --git a/sync/lib/rsync.go b/sync/lib/rsync.go
index c088cb3..030e595 100644
--- a/sync/lib/rsync.go
+++ b/sync/lib/rsync.go
@@ -27,12 +27,9 @@ func ExtractFoldersPathFromRsyncURL(url string) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("%q is not an rsync URL", url)
 	}
 
-	fp := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(url, RsyncProtoPrefix), "/")
-	if wantedFileExtensionRE.Match([]byte(fp[len(fp)-1])) {
-		fp = fp[:len(fp)-1]
-	}
-
-	return strings.Join(fp, "/"), nil
+	filePath := strings.TrimPrefix(url, RsyncProtoPrefix)
+	parts := strings.Split(filePath, "/")
+	return strings.Join(parts[0:len(parts)-1], "/"), nil
 }
 
 func ExtractFilePathFromRsyncURL(url string) (string, error) {
diff --git a/sync/lib/rsync_test.go b/sync/lib/rsync_test.go
index f3fd08a..2acd0c2 100644
--- a/sync/lib/rsync_test.go
+++ b/sync/lib/rsync_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestExtractFoldersPathFromRsyncURL(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:     "Valid URL",
-			url:      "rsync://r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo",
+			url:      "rsync://r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo/foo",
 			wantFail: false,
 			expected: "r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo",
 		},
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ func TestExtractFoldersPathFromRsyncURL(t *testing.T) {
 			url:      "xxxx://r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo",
 			wantFail: true,
 		},
-		{
-			name:     "Valid URL with file",
-			url:      "rsync://r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo/foo.roa",
-			wantFail: false,
-			expected: "r.magellan.ipxo.com/repo",
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {