diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
index 5202dc0edabc..1eaa16583d6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, libxml2, fixDarwinDylibNames, pkgsStatic }:
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, fixDarwinDylibNames
+, pkgsStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "giflib";
   version = "5.2.1";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/giflib/giflib-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1gbrg03z1b6rlrvjyc6d41bc8j1bsr7rm8206gb1apscyii5bnii";
@@ -14,33 +21,39 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/giflib/raw/2e9917bf13df114354163f0c0211eccc00943596/f/CVE-2022-28506.patch";
       sha256 = "sha256-TBemEXkuox8FdS9RvjnWcTWPaHRo4crcwSR9czrUwBY=";
     })
-  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/133/
     (fetchpatch {
-      # https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/133/
       name = "darwin-soname.patch";
       url = "https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/_discuss/thread/4e811ad29b/c323/attachment/Makefile.patch";
       sha256 = "12afkqnlkl3n1hywwgx8sqnhp3bz0c5qrwcv8j9hifw1lmfhv67r";
       extraPrefix = "./";
-    });
+    })
+  ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace 'PREFIX = /usr/local' 'PREFIX = ${builtins.placeholder "out"}'
-  ''
-  # Upstream build system does not support NOT building shared libraries.
-  + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic ''
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    fixDarwinDylibNames
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=${builtins.placeholder "out"}"
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic ''
+    # Upstream build system does not support NOT building shared libraries.
     sed -i '/all:/ s/libgif.so//' Makefile
     sed -i '/all:/ s/libutil.so//' Makefile
     sed -i '/-m 755 libgif.so/ d' Makefile
     sed -i '/ln -sf libgif.so/ d' Makefile
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ fixDarwinDylibNames ];
-
-  passthru.tests.static = pkgsStatic.giflib;
+  passthru.tests = {
+    static = pkgsStatic.giflib;
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "A library for reading and writing gif images";
+    homepage = "https://giflib.sourceforge.net/";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];