diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 114a7670..19fb7947 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-*.pyc
-output/*
 *.pid
+*.pyc
 .DS_Store
 .swp
+output/*
+pelican-plugins/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 75913d64..ecde5c32 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "plugins-custom"]
 	path = plugins-custom
 	url = https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/plugins-custom
-[submodule "pelican-plugins"]
-	path = pelican-plugins
-	url = https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins
diff --git a/pelican-plugins b/pelican-plugins
deleted file mode 160000
index 8de8e847..00000000
--- a/pelican-plugins
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8de8e847ce78e53b62dfdcd7e0e1923614adead5