diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
index f10510051edb..7d01ee59b3ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, fetchFromGitHub
 , file, libxslt, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, xmlto
 , w3m, gnugrep, gnused, coreutils, xset, perlPackages
-, mimiSupport ? false, gawk ? null }:
-
-assert mimiSupport -> gawk != null;
+, mimiSupport ? false, gawk }:
 
 let
   # A much better xdg-open
@@ -24,8 +22,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "xdg-utils";
   version = "unstable-2020-10-21";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/${pname}.git";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
+    owner = "xdg";
+    repo = "xdg-utils";
     rev = "d11b33ec7f24cfb1546f6b459611d440013bdc72";
     sha256 = "sha256-8PtXfI8hRneEpnUvIV3M+6ACjlkx0w/NEiJFdGbbHnQ=";
   };