diff --git a/pkg/geoipupdate/database/http_reader.go b/pkg/geoipupdate/database/http_reader.go
index e2f93428..78677016 100644
--- a/pkg/geoipupdate/database/http_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/geoipupdate/database/http_reader.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
-
 	"github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/v6/pkg/geoipupdate/internal"
 	"github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/v6/pkg/geoipupdate/vars"
 )
@@ -71,39 +69,7 @@ func NewHTTPReader(
 // It's the responsibility of the Writer to close the io.ReadCloser
 // included in the response after consumption.
 func (r *HTTPReader) Read(ctx context.Context, editionID, hash string) (*ReadResult, error) {
-	var result *ReadResult
-	var err error
-
-	// RetryFor value of 0 means that no retries should be performed.
-	// Max zero retries has to be set to achieve that
-	// because the backoff never stops if MaxElapsedTime is zero.
-	exp := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
-	exp.MaxElapsedTime = r.retryFor
-	b := backoff.BackOff(exp)
-	if exp.MaxElapsedTime == 0 {
-		b = backoff.WithMaxRetries(exp, 0)
-	}
-	err = backoff.RetryNotify(
-		func() error {
-			result, err = r.get(ctx, editionID, hash)
-			if err == nil {
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			var httpErr internal.HTTPError
-			if errors.As(err, &httpErr) && httpErr.StatusCode >= 400 && httpErr.StatusCode < 500 {
-				return backoff.Permanent(err)
-			}
-
-			return err
-		},
-		b,
-		func(err error, d time.Duration) {
-			if r.verbose {
-				log.Printf("Couldn't download %s, retrying in %v: %v", editionID, d, err)
-			}
-		},
-	)
+	result, err := r.get(ctx, editionID, hash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting update for %s: %w", editionID, err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/geoipupdate/geoip_updater.go b/pkg/geoipupdate/geoip_updater.go
index 8aa9e7d1..e80f03ec 100644
--- a/pkg/geoipupdate/geoip_updater.go
+++ b/pkg/geoipupdate/geoip_updater.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package geoipupdate
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
-	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 
 	"github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/v6/pkg/geoipupdate/database"
 	"github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/v6/pkg/geoipupdate/internal"
@@ -147,14 +145,16 @@ func (c *Client) downloadEdition(
 	var edition *database.ReadResult
 	err = backoff.RetryNotify(
 		func() error {
-			edition, err = r.Read(ctx, editionID, editionHash)
-			if err != nil {
+			if edition, err = r.Read(ctx, editionID, editionHash); err != nil {
+				if internal.IsTemporaryError(err) {
+					return err
+				}
+
 				return backoff.Permanent(err)
 			}
 
 			if err = w.Write(edition); err != nil {
-				streamErr := http2.StreamError{}
-				if errors.As(err, &streamErr) && streamErr.Code == http2.ErrCodeInternal {
+				if internal.IsTemporaryError(err) {
 					return err
 				}
 
diff --git a/pkg/geoipupdate/internal/errors.go b/pkg/geoipupdate/internal/errors.go
index 9194c85b..8d280412 100644
--- a/pkg/geoipupdate/internal/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/geoipupdate/internal/errors.go
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 package internal
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 )
 
 // HTTPError is an error from performing an HTTP request.
@@ -14,3 +17,19 @@ type HTTPError struct {
 func (h HTTPError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("received HTTP status code: %d: %s", h.StatusCode, h.Body)
 }
+
+// IsTemporaryError returns true if the error is temporary.
+func IsTemporaryError(err error) bool {
+	var httpErr HTTPError
+	if errors.As(err, &httpErr) {
+		isPermanent := httpErr.StatusCode >= 400 && httpErr.StatusCode < 500
+		return !isPermanent
+	}
+
+	var streamErr http2.StreamError
+	if errors.As(err, &streamErr) && streamErr.Code == http2.ErrCodeInternal {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}