diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "googletest"]
-	path = googletest
-	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
diff --git a/googletest b/googletest
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--- a/googletest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ec44c6c1675c25b9827aacd08c02433cccde7780