diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ka/kanif/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ka/kanif/package.nix
index 1c4deb32334d..9a714749a48f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ka/kanif/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ka/kanif/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
   perl,
   taktuk,
 }:
@@ -10,12 +11,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   version = "1.2.2";
   pname = "kanif";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/26773/kanif-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "3f0c549428dfe88457c1db293cfac2a22b203f872904c3abf372651ac12e5879";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.inria.fr";
+    owner = "taktuk";
+    repo = "kanif";
+    rev = "b6793ce4e72e6bd65f8ffaf0645a5bdd4c1c51b9"; # does not tag releases
+    hash = "sha256-9xrefboBKX2eYAbxLB2ShaI7ARUkfMu9TvxCCEFH74I=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
     perl
     taktuk
   ];
@@ -23,6 +28,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   preBuild = ''
     substituteInPlace ./kanif --replace-fail "/usr/bin/perl" "${perl}/bin/perl"
     substituteInPlace ./kanif --replace-fail '$taktuk_command = "taktuk";' '$taktuk_command = "${taktuk}/bin/taktuk";'
+    # Newer pod2man requires text after =item; a bare number is rejected.
+    substituteInPlace ./kanif.pod --replace-fail '=item 0' '=item B<0>'
+    substituteInPlace ./kanif.pod --replace-fail '=item 1' '=item B<1>'
+    substituteInPlace ./kanif.pod --replace-fail '=item 2' '=item B<2>'
+    substituteInPlace ./kanif.pod --replace-fail '=item 3' '=item B<3>'
+    substituteInPlace ./kanif.pod --replace-fail '=item 4' '=item B<4>'
   '';
 
   strictDeps = true;
@@ -38,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       directories to several nodes ('kaput' command), and to gather several
       remote files or directories locally ('kaget' command). It relies on TakTuk
       for efficiency and scalability.'';
-    homepage = "http://taktuk.gforge.inria.fr/kanif";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.inria.fr/taktuk/kanif";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bzizou ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;