diff --git a/helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/commands/ListLicensesCommand.kt b/helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/commands/ListLicensesCommand.kt
index 300581996bdab..2409cccc4bff2 100644
--- a/helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/commands/ListLicensesCommand.kt
+++ b/helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/commands/ListLicensesCommand.kt
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ import com.github.ajalt.clikt.parameters.types.file
 import java.io.File
 import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
 
-import org.ossreviewtoolkit.helper.utils.fetchScannedSources
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.helper.utils.downloadSources
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.helper.utils.getLicenseFindingsById
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.helper.utils.getScannedProvenance
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.helper.utils.getSourceCodeOrigin
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.helper.utils.getViolatedRulesByLicense
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.helper.utils.readOrtResult
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.helper.utils.replaceConfig
@@ -146,9 +148,14 @@ internal class ListLicensesCommand : CliktCommand(
             throw UsageError("Could not find the package for the given id '${packageId.toCoordinates()}'.")
         }
 
+        val sourceCodeOrigin = ortResult.getScannedProvenance(packageId).getSourceCodeOrigin() ?: run {
+            println("No scan results available.")
+            return
+        }
+
         val sourcesDir = sourceCodeDir ?: run {
             println("Downloading sources for package '${packageId.toCoordinates()}'...")
-            ortResult.fetchScannedSources(packageId)
+            ortResult.downloadSources(packageId, sourceCodeOrigin)
         }
 
         val packageConfigurationProvider = DirPackageConfigurationProvider(packageConfigurationsDir)
@@ -190,11 +197,6 @@ internal class ListLicensesCommand : CliktCommand(
                 }
             }
 
-        if (findingsByProvenance.isEmpty()) {
-            println("No scan results available.")
-            return
-        }
-
         buildString {
             appendLine("  scan results:")
             findingsByProvenance.keys.forEachIndexed { i, provenance ->
diff --git a/helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/utils/Extensions.kt b/helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/utils/Extensions.kt
index 4be7311b30c0a..ba965d858e533 100644
--- a/helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/utils/Extensions.kt
+++ b/helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/utils/Extensions.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.transactions.TransactionManager
 
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.analyzer.PackageManagerFactory
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.downloader.Downloader
-import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.ArtifactProvenance
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Identifier
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Issue
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.KnownProvenance
@@ -43,13 +42,13 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Package
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.PackageCuration
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Project
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Provenance
-import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.RemoteArtifact
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Repository
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.RepositoryProvenance
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.RuleViolation
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.ScanResult
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.Severity
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.SourceCodeOrigin
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.TextLocation
-import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.VcsInfo
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.CopyrightGarbage
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.Curations
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.DownloaderConfiguration
@@ -88,21 +87,14 @@ internal fun List<ScopeExclude>.minimize(projectScopes: List<String>): List<Scop
 }
 
 /**
- * Fetches the sources from either the VCS or source artifact for the package denoted by
- * the given [id] depending on whether a scan result is present with matching [Provenance].
+ * Download the sources corresponding to the given [Identifier][id] and [source code origin][sourceCodeOrigin].
  */
-internal fun OrtResult.fetchScannedSources(id: Identifier): File {
+internal fun OrtResult.downloadSources(id: Identifier, sourceCodeOrigin: SourceCodeOrigin): File {
     val tempDir = createTempDirectory(Paths.get("."), ORTH_NAME).toFile()
+    val pkg = getPackageOrProject(id)!!.metadata
+    val config = DownloaderConfiguration(sourceCodeOrigins = listOf(sourceCodeOrigin))
 
-    val pkg = getPackageOrProject(id)!!.metadata.let {
-        if (getScannedProvenance(id) is ArtifactProvenance) {
-            it.copy(vcs = VcsInfo.EMPTY, vcsProcessed = VcsInfo.EMPTY)
-        } else {
-            it.copy(sourceArtifact = RemoteArtifact.EMPTY)
-        }
-    }
-
-    Downloader(DownloaderConfiguration()).download(pkg, tempDir)
+    Downloader(config).download(pkg, tempDir)
 
     return tempDir
 }
@@ -232,6 +224,16 @@ internal fun OrtResult.getViolatedRulesByLicense(
 internal fun OrtResult.getScannedProvenance(id: Identifier): KnownProvenance? =
     getScanResultsForId(id).firstNotNullOfOrNull { it.provenance as? KnownProvenance }
 
+/**
+ * Return the [SourceCodeOrigin] for this provenance.
+ */
+internal fun KnownProvenance?.getSourceCodeOrigin(): SourceCodeOrigin? =
+    when {
+        this == null -> null
+        this is RepositoryProvenance -> SourceCodeOrigin.VCS
+        else -> SourceCodeOrigin.ARTIFACT
+    }
+
 /**
  * Return all issues from scan results. Issues for excludes [Project]s or [Package]s are not returned if and only if
  * the given [omitExcluded] is true.