diff --git a/lib/fetchers/tar.rb b/lib/fetchers/tar.rb
index 4fd599859..71c5afee6 100644
--- a/lib/fetchers/tar.rb
+++ b/lib/fetchers/tar.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ module Fetchers
     attr_reader :files
 
     def self.resolve(target)
-      target = target.path if target.respond_to?(:path)
       return nil unless File.file?(target)
       return nil unless target.end_with?('.tar.gz', '.tgz')
       new(target)
diff --git a/lib/fetchers/url.rb b/lib/fetchers/url.rb
index 5d02536f1..5665e056b 100644
--- a/lib/fetchers/url.rb
+++ b/lib/fetchers/url.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ module Fetchers
       target = transform(target)
       # TODO: for now, this can be much less strict now vv
       return nil unless target.end_with?('tar.gz', 'zip')
-      resolve_url(target, opts)
+      # fetch this url and hand it off
+      res = new(target, opts)
+      resolve_next(res.archive.path, res)
     rescue URI::Error => _e
       nil
     end
@@ -90,13 +92,11 @@ module Fetchers
       archive
     end
 
-    def self.resolve_url(url, opts)
-      archive = download_archive(url, opts)
-      # TODO: At the moment we hand over the Tempfile object. This is necessary,
-      # since otherwise Ruby will delete the file on disk(!!) as soon as
-      # this call is finished (due to garbage-collection of Tempfile).
-      # Resolve this by handling over the intermediate resolver to the next.
-      resolve_next(archive)
+    attr_reader :archive
+
+    def initialize(url, opts)
+      @target = url
+      @archive = self.class.download_archive(url, opts)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/fetchers/zip.rb b/lib/fetchers/zip.rb
index 17ba7e396..7b4fe23a5 100644
--- a/lib/fetchers/zip.rb
+++ b/lib/fetchers/zip.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ module Fetchers
     attr_reader :files
 
     def self.resolve(target)
-      target = target.path if target.respond_to?(:path)
       return nil unless File.file?(target) and target.end_with?('.zip')
       new(target)
     end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/plugins/fetcher.rb b/lib/inspec/plugins/fetcher.rb
index f0c6bf92c..9aecb989f 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/plugins/fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/plugins/fetcher.rb
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ module Inspec
       #
       # @param [Any] the current target that needs resolving
       # @return [Fetcher] a fetcher if it can be resolved, nil otherwise
-      def self.resolve_next(target)
-        Inspec::Fetcher.resolve(target)
+      def self.resolve_next(target, parent)
+        res = Inspec::Fetcher.resolve(target)
+        res.parent = parent
+        res
       end
 
       attr_reader :target
+      attr_accessor :parent
 
       # Provide a list of files that are available to this fetcher.
       #
diff --git a/test/unit/fetchers/url_test.rb b/test/unit/fetchers/url_test.rb
index 8d5d61922..fc02066e6 100644
--- a/test/unit/fetchers/url_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/fetchers/url_test.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ describe Fetchers::Url do
       _(res).must_be_kind_of Fetchers::Tar
     end
 
+    it 'must be resolved to the final format' do
+      _(res.parent).must_be_kind_of fetcher
+    end
+
     it 'must contain all files' do
       _(res.files).must_equal ["inspec.yml", "controls", "controls/filesystem_spec.rb"]
     end