diff --git a/build-aux/syntax-check.mk b/build-aux/syntax-check.mk
index 1a5bbad3fd..30f44cb270 100644
--- a/build-aux/syntax-check.mk
+++ b/build-aux/syntax-check.mk
@@ -827,7 +827,6 @@ http_sites += mingw.org
 http_sites += munin.projects.linpro.no
 http_sites += www.nimbusproject.org
 http_sites += www.sflow.net
-http_sites += xmlsoft.org
 http_sites += etallen.com
 
 # dead sites
diff --git a/docs/uri.rst b/docs/uri.rst
index 4efd634087..3ca3fb12c3 100644
--- a/docs/uri.rst
+++ b/docs/uri.rst
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Extra parameters can be added to remote URIs as part of the query string (the
 part following ``?``). Remote URIs understand the extra parameters shown
 below. Any others are passed unmodified through to the back end. Note that
 parameter values must be
-`URI-escaped <http://xmlsoft.org/html/libxml-uri.html#xmlURIEscapeStr>`__.
+`URI-escaped <https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libxml2/devhelp/libxml2-uri.html#xmlURIEscapeStr>`__.
 
 All transports support the following parameters: