diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "themes/gohugoioTheme"]
-	path = themes/gohugoioTheme
-	url = https://github.com/gohugoio/gohugoioTheme.git
diff --git a/themes/gohugoioTheme b/themes/gohugoioTheme
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index ce4449747..000000000
--- a/themes/gohugoioTheme
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-Subproject commit ce4449747bb1867d7d8b0c579be2ddf4a040274c