diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 170d63ff4ab52d339e0fca50d14edf0de1db1242..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 100644
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-[submodule "paper_joss_binarycpython"]
-	path = paper_joss_binarycpython
-	url = git@gitlab.com:dhendriks/paper_joss_binarycpython.git
diff --git a/papers/joss_paper/joss_paper_repo b/papers/joss_paper/joss_paper_repo
deleted file mode 160000
index 6c9dc288be08543f8242e1b9c3d41d372fc08389..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/papers/joss_paper/joss_paper_repo
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-Subproject commit 6c9dc288be08543f8242e1b9c3d41d372fc08389