diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a78c14ab..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "legendary"]
-	path = rare/legendary
-	url = https://github.com/dummerle/legendary
-	branch = rare
diff --git a/rare/__main__.py b/rare/__main__.py
index 79a1ef69..add40aa5 100644
--- a/rare/__main__.py
+++ b/rare/__main__.py
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ def main():
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # run from source
     # insert raw legendary submodule
-    sys.path.insert(
-        0, os.path.join(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute(), "legendary")
-    )
+    # sys.path.insert(
+    #     0, os.path.join(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute(), "legendary")
+    # )
     # insert source directory
     sys.path.insert(0, str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[1].absolute()))
 
diff --git a/rare/legendary b/rare/legendary
deleted file mode 160000
index 50f71cbd..00000000
--- a/rare/legendary
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 50f71cbd9b2ae0b31615e8f7d8d8595922d3cdf3