diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fe07c999..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "vcpkg"]
-	path = vcpkg
-	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
diff --git a/vcpkg b/vcpkg
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index a267ab11..00000000
--- a/vcpkg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a267ab118c09f56f3dae96c9a4b3410820ad2f0b