diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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index dc471de73454844993a8ab944d1b909ea664e6d4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "pelican-plugins"]
-	path = pelican-plugins
-	url = https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins.git