diff --git a/tools/check-git-repo-availability.py b/tools/check-git-repo-availability.py
index fd3e120b54..8ac6b0a713 100755
--- a/tools/check-git-repo-availability.py
+++ b/tools/check-git-repo-availability.py
@@ -106,8 +106,22 @@ for f in files:
         if not f.startswith('metadata/'):
             continue
         # this rewriting only works with metadata files, not srclibs
+
+        url = data.get('SourceCode')
+        if url and not url.startswith('https://archive.softwareheritage.org/'):
+            url = url[:-4] if url.endswith('.git') else url
+            r = requests.get(f'https://archive.softwareheritage.org/api/1/origin/{url}/get/')
+            get = r.json()
+            if get.get('url') == url:
+                newurl = f'https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/{url}/directory/'
+            else:
+                newurl = url
+
         with open(f, 'w') as fp:
-            fp.write(re.sub(r'(Repo|RepoType):.*\n{1,2}', r'', raw))
+            processed = re.sub(r'(Repo|RepoType):.*\n{1,2}', r'', raw)
+            processed = re.sub(r'\nSourceCode:.*', f'\nSourceCode: {newurl}', processed)
+            processed = re.sub(r'\n(AutoUpdateMode|UpdateCheckMode):.*', r'\n\1: None', processed)
+            fp.write(processed)
             builds = data.get('Builds')
             if builds:
                 versionName = str(builds[-1]['versionName'])