diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 4afda74..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "3rdparty/hpath"]
-	path = 3rdparty/hpath
-	url = https://github.com/hasufell/hpath.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/hpath b/3rdparty/hpath
deleted file mode 160000
index b9b4658..0000000
--- a/3rdparty/hpath
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b9b46583fac6aa34b80524a907c13b8f42dcdfcb
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e33b7ef..9b90f1a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ Installation
 ------------
 
 ```
-git submodule update --init --recursive
 cabal sandbox init
-cabal sandbox add-source 3rdparty/hpath
 cabal install alex happy
 export PATH="$(pwd)/.cabal-sandbox/bin:$PATH"
 cabal install gtk2hs-buildtools
diff --git a/hacking/HACKING.md b/hacking/HACKING.md
index 1dd35e6..4b5f9d7 100644
--- a/hacking/HACKING.md
+++ b/hacking/HACKING.md
@@ -19,20 +19,6 @@ documentation.
 
 ## Hacking Overview
 
-The main data structure for the IO related File type is in
-[HSFM.FileSystem.FileType](./../src/HSFM/FileSystem/FileType.hs#L93), which
-should be seen as a library. This is the entry point where
-[directory contents are read](./../src/HSFM/FileSystem/FileType.hs#L465)
-and the File type in general [is constructed](./../src/HSFM/FileSystem/FileType.hs#L302).
-The File type uses a safe Path type under the hood instead of Strings,
-utilizing the [hpath](https://github.com/hasufell/hpath) library.
-Note that mostly only absolute paths are allowed on type level to improve
-path and thread safety.
-
-File operations (like copy, delete etc) are defined at
-[HSFM.FileSystem.FileOperation](./../src/HSFM/FileSystem/FileOperations.hs)
-which use this File type.
-
 Only a GTK GUI is currently implemented, the entry point being
 [HSFM.GUI.Gtk](./../src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk.hs). From there it flows down
 to creating a [MyGUI object](./../src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk/Data.hs#L51) in
diff --git a/hsfm.cabal b/hsfm.cabal
index 9646283..7c783d7 100644
--- a/hsfm.cabal
+++ b/hsfm.cabal
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ library
                        data-default,
                        filepath >= 1.3.0.0,
                        hinotify-bytestring,
-                       hpath,
+                       hpath >= 0.5.9,
                        safe,
                        stm,
                        time >= 1.4.2,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ executable hsfm-gtk
                        glib >= 0.13,
                        gtk3 >= 0.14.1,
                        hinotify-bytestring,
-                       hpath,
+                       hpath >= 0.5.9,
                        hsfm,
                        old-locale >= 1,
                        process,