diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19fb794..77ecce9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 .swp
 output/*
 pelican-plugins/
+plugins-custom/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index ecde5c3..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "plugins-custom"]
-	path = plugins-custom
-	url = https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/plugins-custom
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9eb30d..8159ca0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,33 +2,18 @@
 
 > https://varia.zone
 
-## Pelican
+## Getting Started
 
-The Varia website is made with Pelican, a static site generator written in
-Python. This means that the website is first generated on a computer (using
-Python, Jinja and Pelican) into a set of html pages, files and images. This set
-of documents is then uploaded to the server.
-
-One of the things that Pelican uses is _plugins_. They are used to add extra
-features to the generation process of the website.
-
-In this repository there is a folder called 'plugins' and another one called
-'plugins-custom'.
-
-The first one, 'plugins', is linked to the offical collection of plugins from
-the Pelican project '[pelican-plugins](https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins/)'.
-
-The other one, 'plugins-custom', consists of plugins that we wrote ourself.
-
-## Clone
-
-To clone both the varia.website and pelican-plugins repository, add the --recurse-submodules option in your git clone command:
+### Clone
 
 ```
-$ git clone https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/varia.website.git --recurse-submodules
+$ git clone https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/varia.website.git
+$ cd varia.website
+$ git clone https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins/
+$ git clone https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/plugins-custom
 ```
 
-## Install
+### Install
 
 ```
 $ python3 -m venv .venv
@@ -36,7 +21,7 @@ $ source .venv/bin/activate
 $ pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
-## Start
+### Serve
 
 ```
 $ pelican --autoreload
@@ -44,20 +29,23 @@ $ pelican --autoreload
 
 Visit the website at [localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000)
 
-## Update submodules
+## Tools
 
-We are currently using two submodules:
-
-- pelican-plugins ([https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins](https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins))
-- plugins-custom ([https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/plugins-custom](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/plugins-custom))
+The Varia website is made with Pelican, a static site generator written in
+Python. This means that the website is first generated on a computer (using
+Python, Jinja and Pelican) into a set of html pages, files and images. This set
+of documents is then uploaded to the server.
 
-To update these submodules within your (already) cloned repository, first init the submodule, and then update it:
+One of the things that Pelican uses is _plugins_. They are used to add extra
+features to the generation process of the website.
 
-    cd /path/to/submodule
+In this repository there is a folder called 'plugins' and another one called
+'plugins-custom'.
 
-    git submodule init
+The first one, 'plugins', is linked to the offical collection of plugins from
+the Pelican project '[pelican-plugins](https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins/)'.
 
-    git submodule update
+The other one, 'plugins-custom', consists of plugins that we wrote ourself.
 
 ## Posting Content
 
@@ -77,7 +65,6 @@ that each article contains at least the following at the top of the document:
     featured_image: /images/image.png
 
 Articles are written in a markup language called markdown.
-
 [Here](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) is an overview of
 the syntax. You can also use the online editor in this Gitea interface to help
 you.
diff --git a/plugins-custom b/plugins-custom
deleted file mode 160000
index 5364009..0000000
--- a/plugins-custom
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 53640095309c741081113d38c4566428d0e67b03