diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/giflib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/giflib/package.nix
index 1fa7deb61a00..61e7d8a80f71 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/giflib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/giflib/package.nix
@@ -57,11 +57,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ''
   + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic ''
     # Upstream build system does not support NOT building shared libraries.
-    sed -i '/all:/ s/$(LIBGIFSO)//' Makefile
-    sed -i '/all:/ s/$(LIBUTILSO)//' Makefile
-    sed -i '/-m 755 $(LIBGIFSO)/ d' Makefile
-    sed -i '/ln -sf $(LIBGIFSOVER)/ d' Makefile
-    sed -i '/ln -sf $(LIBGIFSOMAJOR)/ d' Makefile
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace-fail "all: shared-lib static-lib $(UTILS)" "all: static-lib $(UTILS)" \
+      --replace-fail "install-lib: install-static-lib install-shared-lib" "install-lib: install-static-lib"
   '';
 
   passthru.tests = {