diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
index 7e4a6819124..1b9e0e4dde0 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ update_check() {
                 githubname="$(printf %s "$url" | cut -d/ -f4,5)"
                 url="https://github.com/$githubname/tags"
                 rx='/archive/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d\.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")';;
+            *gitlab.com*)
+                gitlabname="$(printf %s "$url" | cut -d/ -f4,5)"
+                url="https://gitlab.com/$gitlabname/tags"
+                rx='href="/\Q'$gitlabname'\E/repository/[^\d\.]*\K[\d\.]+(?=/archive\.tar\.gz")';;
             *bitbucket.org*)
                 bbname="$(printf %s "$url" | cut -d/ -f4,5)"
                 url="https://bitbucket.org/$bbname/downloads"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mdds/update b/srcpkgs/mdds/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 83dff2050c8..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mdds/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-site="${homepage}/tags"
-pattern="/tags/\K[\d.]+"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tint2/update b/srcpkgs/tint2/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f54a530469..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/tint2/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-site="https://gitlab.com/o9000/tint2/tags"
-pattern='tags\/v\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'