diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c1f97ee42..749950b93 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [submodule "subprojects/gvdb"]
 	path = subprojects/gvdb
-	url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvdb.git
+	url = ../../GNOME/gvdb.git
 	branch = 0854af0fdb6d527a8d1999835ac2c5059976c210
 	shallow = true
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9f2cdc984..efeea85c2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ $ cd glib
 have a GNOME account, you can skip the fork, and use the following instead:
 
 ```sh
-$ git clone git@gitlab.gnome.org:GNOME/glib.git
+$ git clone git@ssh.gitlab.gnome.org:GNOME/glib.git
 $ cd glib
 ```