diff --git a/build-aux/syntax-check.mk b/build-aux/syntax-check.mk
index ba5ad46628..1a5bbad3fd 100644
--- a/build-aux/syntax-check.mk
+++ b/build-aux/syntax-check.mk
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ http_sites += 0pointer.de
 http_sites += mah.everybody.org
 http_sites += mingw.org
 http_sites += munin.projects.linpro.no
-http_sites += netcat.sourceforge.net
 http_sites += www.nimbusproject.org
 http_sites += www.sflow.net
 http_sites += xmlsoft.org
diff --git a/docs/remote.rst b/docs/remote.rst
index 933166144d..bcc394e083 100644
--- a/docs/remote.rst
+++ b/docs/remote.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Remote libvirt supports a range of transports:
 ``ssh``
    Transported over an ordinary `ssh (secure
    shell) <https://www.openssh.com/>`__ connection. Requires `Netcat
-   (nc) <http://netcat.sourceforge.net/>`__ installed and libvirtd should be
+   (nc) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcat>`__ installed and libvirtd should be
    running on the remote machine. You should use some sort of ssh key management
    (eg. `ssh-agent <http://mah.everybody.org/docs/ssh>`__) otherwise programs
    which use this transport will stop to ask for a password.