diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13b675a66..d7b925026 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ dist
 *~
 *.diff
 *.patch
+test/qunit
+src/sizzle
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 984e8a42d..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "test/qunit"]
-	path = test/qunit
-	url = git://github.com/jquery/qunit.git
-[submodule "src/sizzle"]
-	path = src/sizzle
-	url = git://github.com/jeresig/sizzle.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 94fa885b2..035b1e112 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ ${DIST_DIR}:
 
 init:
 	@@echo "Grabbing external dependencies..."
-	@@git submodule init
-	@@git submodule update
+	@@git clone git://github.com/jquery/qunit.git test/qunit
+	@@git clone git://github.com/jeresig/sizzle.git src/sizzle
 	@@cd src/sizzle && git pull origin master
 	@@cd test/qunit && git pull origin master
 
diff --git a/src/sizzle b/src/sizzle
deleted file mode 160000
index c555516b6..000000000
--- a/src/sizzle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c555516b6c8d77b5dbe6f63ae4409c7b2c2a3855
diff --git a/test/qunit b/test/qunit
deleted file mode 160000
index 4ac535bbd..000000000
--- a/test/qunit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4ac535bbdbb29b3d0079eeeaf64a0f1ad0c88317