diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c73b442..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "caravel-lite"]
-	path = caravel
-	url = https://github.com/efabless/caravel-lite
diff --git a/caravel b/caravel
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index dcbff36..0000000
--- a/caravel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit dcbff36aa122bc101ad15fb5e3051f034e065f5b