diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d32caf2..ee873b9 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: multiverse.internals
 Title: Internal Infrastructure for R-multiverse
 Description: R-multiverse requires this internal internal infrastructure
   package to automate contribution reviews and populate universes.
-Version: 0.2.2
+Version: 0.2.2.9000
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://github.com/r-multiverse/multiverse.internals
 BugReports: https://github.com/r-multiverse/multiverse.internals/issues
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 3f73884..ca8f9d0 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ importFrom(nanonext,status_code)
 importFrom(pkgsearch,cran_package)
 importFrom(utils,available.packages)
 importFrom(utils,compareVersion)
-importFrom(utils,contrib.url)
 importFrom(vctrs,vec_rbind)
 importFrom(vctrs,vec_slice)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e00394b..eb52ec2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# multiverse.internals 0.2.2.9000 (development)
+
+* Makes `meta_checks()` and `meta_packages()` robust to trailing slashes in the supplied URL.
+
 # multiverse.internals 0.2.2
 
 * Add `issues_dependencies()`.
diff --git a/R/meta_checks.R b/R/meta_checks.R
index a1bc56a..965a2ae 100644
--- a/R/meta_checks.R
+++ b/R/meta_checks.R
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ meta_checks <- function(repo = "https://multiverse.r-multiverse.org") {
     "_status"
   )
   listing <- file.path(
-    repo,
+    trim_url(repo),
     "api",
     paste0("packages?stream=true&fields=", paste(fields, collapse = ","))
   )
diff --git a/R/meta_packages.R b/R/meta_packages.R
index 54ed0ca..816ca89 100644
--- a/R/meta_packages.R
+++ b/R/meta_packages.R
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 meta_packages <- function(repo = "https://multiverse.r-multiverse.org") {
   fields <- c("Version", "Remotes", "RemoteSha")
   listing <- file.path(
-    contrib.url(repos = repo, type = "source"),
+    trim_url(repo),
+    "src",
+    "contrib",
     paste0("PACKAGES.json?fields=", paste(fields, collapse = ","))
   )
   out <- jsonlite::stream_in(
diff --git a/R/package.R b/R/package.R
index 17a6ed4..a2bb795 100644
--- a/R/package.R
+++ b/R/package.R
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #' @importFrom jsonlite parse_json read_json stream_in write_json
 #' @importFrom nanonext ncurl parse_url status_code
 #' @importFrom pkgsearch cran_package
-#' @importFrom utils available.packages compareVersion contrib.url
+#' @importFrom utils available.packages compareVersion
 #' @importFrom vctrs vec_rbind vec_slice
 NULL
diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper-mock.R b/tests/testthat/helper-mock.R
index a1e842c..a5c324e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/helper-mock.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper-mock.R
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# parse(text = deparse(meta_checks(repo = "https://multiverse.r-multiverse.org"))) # nolint
+# dput(meta_checks(repo = "https://multiverse.r-multiverse.org")) # nolint
 mock_meta_checks <- structure(
   list(
     package = c(
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ mock_meta_checks <- structure(
   row.names = c(NA, 21L)
 )
 
-# parse(text = deparse(meta_packages(repo = "https://multiverse.r-multiverse.org"))) # nolint
+# dput(meta_packages(repo = "https://multiverse.r-multiverse.org")) # nolint
 mock_meta_packages <- structure(
   list(
     "_id" = c(
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ mock_meta_packages <- structure(
   row.names = c(NA, 20L)
 )
 
-# parse(text = deparse(meta_packages(repo = "https://wlandau.r-universe.dev"))) # nolint
+# dput(meta_packages(repo = "https://wlandau.r-universe.dev")) # nolint
 mock_meta_packages_graph <- structure(
   list(
     "_id" = c(