diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumeric/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumeric/package.nix
index 12a5ed975906..03c5237b67b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumeric/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnumeric/package.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  autoconf,
-  automake,
   pkg-config,
   intltool,
   libxml2,
@@ -17,6 +15,11 @@
   bison,
   python3Packages,
   itstool,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  gtk-doc,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  gettext,
+  yelp-tools,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -26,16 +29,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gnumeric";
   version = "1.12.59";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnumeric/${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/gnumeric-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "yzdQsXbWQflCPfchuDFljIKVV1UviIf+34pT2Qfs61E=";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
+    owner = "GNOME";
+    repo = "gnumeric";
+    tag = "GNUMERIC_${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-7xCDOqPx3QLDHLoKG46e8te4smSFrLOgCcWkiJXGjDQ=";
   };
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
   configureFlags = [ "--disable-component" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoconf
-    automake
+    autoreconfHook
+    gettext
+    gtk-doc
+    yelp-tools
     pkg-config
     intltool
     bison
@@ -74,11 +86,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     };
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "GNOME Office Spreadsheet";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     homepage = "http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.vcunat ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vcunat ];
   };
 })