diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a8e6e2255..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "vendor/material-design-icons"]
-  path = vendor/material-design-icons
-  url = https://github.com/google/material-design-icons
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 411b6908d..2faf7340d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ bootstrap: dependencies secrets
 bootstrap-circle: dependencies secrets
 	./script/bootstrap_configs
 
-dependencies: submodules secrets
-
-submodules:
-	git submodule sync --recursive
-	git submodule update --init --recursive || true
-	git submodule foreach git checkout $(sha1)
+dependencies: secrets
 
 secrets:
 	-@rm -rf vendor/native-secrets
diff --git a/vendor/material-design-icons b/vendor/material-design-icons
deleted file mode 160000
index dfab422a4..000000000
--- a/vendor/material-design-icons
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit dfab422a4be7e6455c06f8ff521fc29e03f9b0e0