diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "extern/uthash"]
-	path = extern/uthash
-	url = https://github.com/troydhanson/uthash.git
diff --git a/extern/uthash b/extern/uthash
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index 44a66fe8..00000000
--- a/extern/uthash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 44a66fe8e008c0a7f1c5af96f4a4cdf304b8bc81