diff --git a/libretro-build-common.sh b/libretro-build-common.sh
index 2d4385cc..014438bc 100755
--- a/libretro-build-common.sh
+++ b/libretro-build-common.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
 # vim: set ts=3 sw=3 noet ft=sh : bash
 
-. "${BASE_DIR}/script-modules/fetch-rules.sh"
-. "${BASE_DIR}/script-modules/cpu.sh"
+. "$BASE_DIR/script-modules/util.sh"
+. "$BASE_DIR/script-modules/fetch-rules.sh"
+. "$BASE_DIR/script-modules/cpu.sh"
 
 die() {
 	echo $1
 	#exit 1
 }
 
-echo_cmd() {
-	eval 'echo "$@"'
-	eval "$@"
-	return $?
-}
-
-
 #
 # Regarding COMPILER...  It didn't used to be safe.  Now it is, provided that
 # you are using it in a command line passed to echo_cmd without additional
diff --git a/libretro-fetch.sh b/libretro-fetch.sh
index b1b42077..0c7264f3 100755
--- a/libretro-fetch.sh
+++ b/libretro-fetch.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 . "$BASE_DIR/libretro-config.sh"
+. "$BASE_DIR/script-modules/util.sh"
 . "$BASE_DIR/script-modules/fetch-rules.sh"
 
 # Rules for fetching cores are in this file:
@@ -45,8 +46,9 @@ libretro_fetch_core() {
 			eval "core_git_submodules=\$libretro_${1}_git_submodules"
 			eval "core_git_submodules_update=\$libretro_${1}_git_submodules_update"
 
+			# TODO: Don't depend on fetch_rule being git
 			echo "Fetching ${1}..."
-			$core_fetch_rule "$core_fetch_url" "$core_dir" "" $core_git_submodules $core_git_submodules_update
+			$core_fetch_rule "$core_fetch_url" "$core_dir" $core_git_submodules $core_git_submodules_update
 			;;
 		*)
 			echo "libretro_fetch_core:Unknown fetch rule for $1: \"$core_fetch_rule\"."
@@ -56,26 +58,30 @@ libretro_fetch_core() {
 }
 
 fetch_retroarch() {
-	echo "=== Fetching RetroArch ==="
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch.git" "retroarch" ""
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/common-shaders.git" "retroarch/media/shaders_cg" ""
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/common-overlays.git" "retroarch/media/overlays" ""
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets.git" "retroarch/media/assets" ""
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-joypad-autoconfig.git" "retroarch/media/autoconfig" ""
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database.git" "retroarch/media/libretrodb" ""
+	echo "=== RetroArch"
+	echo "Fetching retroarch..."
+	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch.git" "retroarch"
+	echo_cmd "cd \"$WORKDIR/retroarch\""
+	echo_cmd "./fetch-submodules.sh"
 }
 
 fetch_devkit() {
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-manifest.git" "libretro-manifest" "libretro/libretro-manifest"
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretrodb.git" "libretrodb" "libretro/libretrodb"
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-dat-pull.git" "libretro-dat-pull" "libretro/libretro-dat-pull"
-	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-common.git" "libretro-common" "libretro/common"
+	echo "=== libretro Developer's Kit"
+	echo "Fetching the libretro devkit..."
+	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-manifest.git" "libretro-manifest"
+	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretrodb.git" "libretrodb"
+	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-dat-pull.git" "libretro-dat-pull"
+	fetch_git "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-common.git" "libretro-common"
 }
 
 
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
 	while [ -n "$1" ]; do
 		case "$1" in
+			fetch_retroarch|fetch_devkit)
+				# These don't have rule-based fetch yet.
+				$1
+				;;
 			fetch_libretro_*)
 				# "Old"-style
 				$1
@@ -88,9 +94,6 @@ if [ -n "$1" ]; then
 		shift
 	done
 else
-	fetch_retroarch
-	fetch_devkit
-
 	libretro_fetch_core bsnes
 	libretro_fetch_core snes9x
 	libretro_fetch_core snes9x_next
@@ -153,4 +156,7 @@ else
 	libretro_fetch_core gpsp
 	libretro_fetch_core emux
 	libretro_fetch_core fuse
+
+	fetch_devkit
+	fetch_retroarch
 fi
diff --git a/script-modules/fetch-rules.sh b/script-modules/fetch-rules.sh
index 31a2ceb3..65940712 100644
--- a/script-modules/fetch-rules.sh
+++ b/script-modules/fetch-rules.sh
@@ -4,35 +4,27 @@
 #
 # $1	The URI to fetch
 # $2	The local directory to fetch to (relative)
-# $3  The pretty name for the === Fetching line ("" to print nothing)
-# $4	Set to clone --recursive
-# $5	Set to pull --recursive
+# $3	Set to clone --recursive
+# $4	Set to pull --recursive
 #
 # NOTE: git _now_ has a -C argument that would replace the cd commands in
 #       this rule, but this is a fairly recent addition to git, so we can't
 #       use it here.  --iKarith
 fetch_git() {
 	fetch_dir="$WORKDIR/$2"
-	[ -n "$3" ] && echo "=== Fetching $3 ==="
 	if [ -d "$fetch_dir/.git" ]; then
-		echo "cd \"$fetch_dir\""
-		cd "$fetch_dir"
-		echo "git pull"
-		git pull
-		if [ -n "$5" ]; then
-			echo "git submodule foreach git pull origin master"
-			git submodule foreach git pull origin master
+		echo_cmd "cd \"$fetch_dir\""
+		echo_cmd "git pull"
+		if [ -n "$4" ]; then
+			echo_cmd "git submodule foreach git pull origin master"
 		fi
 	else
 		clone_type=
-		[ -n "$SHALLOW_CLONE" ] && depth="--depth 1"
-		echo "git clone $depth \"$1\" \"$WORKDIR/$2\""
-		git clone $depth "$1" "$WORKDIR/$2"
-		if [ -n "$4" ]; then
-			echo "cd \"$fetch_dir\""
-			cd "$fetch_dir"
-			echo "git submodule update --init"
-			git submodule update --init
+		[ -n "$SHALLOW_CLONE" ] && depth="--depth 1 "
+		echo_cmd "git clone $depth\"$1\" \"$WORKDIR/$2\""
+		if [ -n "$3" ]; then
+			echo_cmd "cd \"$fetch_dir\""
+			echo_cmd "git submodule update --init"
 		fi
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/script-modules/util.sh b/script-modules/util.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7fc9e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script-modules/util.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# vim: set ts=3 sw=3 noet ft=sh : bash
+
+echo_cmd() {
+	eval 'echo "$@"'
+	eval "$@"
+	return $?
+}