diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index b71415c61..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "3rdparty/libnotify"]
-	path = 3rdparty/libnotify
-	url = https://github.com/hasufell/rust-libnotify.git
-	branch = git-deps
diff --git a/3rdparty/libnotify b/3rdparty/libnotify
deleted file mode 160000
index 5b26d19aa..000000000
--- a/3rdparty/libnotify
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 5b26d19aa92316a9555b0b22d2d7c3a2721a33dc
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab7163ab9..fe598ec76 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ serde_derive = "^1.0.9"
 toml = "^0.4.2"
 which = "*"
 xdg = "*"
-libnotify = { path = "3rdparty/libnotify", optional = true }
+libnotify = { git = "https://github.com/hasufell/rust-libnotify.git", branch = "git-deps", optional = true }
 png = "^0.9.0"
 
 [dependencies.gtk]