diff --git a/host-recipes/gnulib b/host-recipes/gnulib
deleted file mode 100644
index a0711c37a..000000000
--- a/host-recipes/gnulib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-name=gnulib
-from_source=gnulib
-revision=1
diff --git a/source-recipes/gnulib b/source-recipes/gnulib
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bcd792d9..000000000
--- a/source-recipes/gnulib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-name=gnulib
-version=f263249382a5f1e03e16be6eacbbe23d49d49ab1
-tarball_url="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/snapshot/gnulib-${version}.tar.gz"
-tarball_blake2b="53fcffb8d64eb9e721ef0b7c1f1c7092201b54aa992409d4eb4d389534a3fdb811e03cf7406e28dcd7fbed06a855a95451cda649a61cc3d447e2e3f1752204c9"
diff --git a/source-recipes/libtool b/source-recipes/libtool
index 95ce5f3b6..8ace5f658 100644
--- a/source-recipes/libtool
+++ b/source-recipes/libtool
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ name=libtool
 version=2.5.0
 tarball_url="https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-${version}.tar.gz"
 tarball_blake2b="83494eac1b4c6313bbf58098e4b5f8512022f9730b78dd61736c55783fb4e5444eb1f8aaf13ce259fe7e13225e6fa563440ad74856bde20bde7021e7e3378e3d"
-hostdeps="autoconf automake gnulib"
-imagedeps="help2man"
+hostdeps="autoconf automake"
+imagedeps="help2man git"
+allow_network="yes"
 
 regenerate() {
-    cp -rp ${base_dir}/sources/gnulib ./
+    git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gnulib.git
+    git -C gnulib checkout c6942e47da903adc68b887cbedfac07b099088f2
     ./bootstrap --force --skip-git --skip-po --gnulib-srcdir=`pwd`/gnulib
 }