diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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--- a/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "caravel"]
-	path = caravel
-	url = https://github.com/efabless/caravel-lite.git
diff --git a/caravel b/caravel
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index 0f16ba8..0000000
--- a/caravel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 0f16ba8eaae841a6f122fc0d5837005d3312fd2b