diff --git a/projects/libvips/Dockerfile b/projects/libvips/Dockerfile
index e792dff45..66fc66aee 100644
--- a/projects/libvips/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/libvips/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/madler/zlib.git
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libexif/libexif
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glennrp/libpng.git
-RUN git clone --depth 1 https://git.code.sf.net/p/giflib/code libgif
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff 
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom
diff --git a/projects/libvips/build.sh b/projects/libvips/build.sh
index 21505d6ed..732bbe7a6 100755
--- a/projects/libvips/build.sh
+++ b/projects/libvips/build.sh
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ make -j$(nproc)
 make install
 popd
 
-# libgif
-pushd $SRC/libgif
-make libgif.a libgif.so install-include install-lib OFLAGS="-O2" PREFIX=$WORK
-popd
-
 # libwebp
 pushd $SRC/libwebp
 autoreconf -fi
@@ -159,7 +154,6 @@ for fuzzer in fuzz/*_fuzzer.cc; do
     $WORK/lib/libturbojpeg.a \
     $WORK/lib/libpng.a \
     $WORK/lib/libz.a \
-    $WORK/lib/libgif.a \
     $WORK/lib/libwebpmux.a \
     $WORK/lib/libwebpdemux.a \
     $WORK/lib/libwebp.a \