diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index d113d3511..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "extern/Support"]
-	path = extern/Support
-	url = https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support
-	ignore = dirty
diff --git a/F-Droid/libs/README.md b/F-Droid/libs/README.md
index a338d672c..430057598 100644
--- a/F-Droid/libs/README.md
+++ b/F-Droid/libs/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Licenses
 
-To see which license any one of these libraries is under, consult the extern/ directory.
-If you have checked out the source for all dependencies (`git submodule update --init` from the root directory),
-then you should be able to find the relevant LICENSE file for each, or else you can consult upstream.
+To see which license any one of these libraries is under, consult the extern/
+directory. If you have checked out the source for all dependencies (`git
+submodule update --init` from the root directory if there are any submodules),
+then you should be able to find the relevant LICENSE file for each, or else
+you can consult upstream.
 
 
 # Building libraries from source
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9f3c9aad..da4f66888 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ gradle wrapper.
 Once you have checked out the version you wish to build, run:
 
 ```
-git submodule update --init
 cd F-Droid
 gradle clean assembleRelease
 ```
diff --git a/extern/Support b/extern/Support
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-Subproject commit e4ecf4ad3dd5a1c229e30db56a224eacc72a7fd2