diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 518fba56add59d4bdd3cd763cf243297a5b3d5c3..ac9cdeb6bdb5f1f01be936815274649b4f3c7e71 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ __pycache__/
 *.sqlite3
 *.swp
 *.swo
-*.pdf
 
 # C extensions
 *.so
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 38b8bc1019b78abd679697d267b8643eaf908070..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "papers/joss_paper"]
-	path = papers/joss_paper
-	url = git@gitlab.com:dhendriks/paper_joss_binarycpython.git
diff --git a/papers/paper.pdf b/papers/paper.pdf
new file mode 100644
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