diff --git a/lib/install.ps1 b/lib/install.ps1
index b058b53134..d0c265f325 100644
--- a/lib/install.ps1
+++ b/lib/install.ps1
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ function dl_with_cache_aria2($app, $version, $manifest, $architecture, $dir, $co
 
 # download with filesize and progress indicator
 function dl($url, $to, $cookies, $progress) {
-    $wreq = [net.webrequest]::create($url)
+    $reqUrl = ($url -split "#")[0]
+    $wreq = [net.webrequest]::create($reqUrl)
     if($wreq -is [net.httpwebrequest]) {
         $wreq.useragent = Get-UserAgent
         if (-not ($url -imatch "sourceforge\.net")) {