diff --git a/keyvi/3rdparty/utfcpp/.gitmodules b/keyvi/3rdparty/utfcpp/.gitmodules
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index 424f86b76..000000000
--- a/keyvi/3rdparty/utfcpp/.gitmodules
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "extern/ftest"]
-	path = extern/ftest
-	url = https://github.com/nemtrif/ftest