diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 462df4efc..1971a23cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ xcuserdata/
 /testresults.html
 /testresults.json
 testament.db
+/csources
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 26f35d82c..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "csources"]
-	path = csources
-	url = ../../nim-lang/csources.git
diff --git a/build.sh b/bootstrap.sh
similarity index 74%
rename from build.sh
rename to bootstrap.sh
index 91e169241..ade74a9aa 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 set -x
 
 if [ ! -e csources/.git ]; then
-	git submodule update --init --depth 1
+	git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/csources.git csources
 fi
 
 cd "csources"
diff --git a/csources b/csources
deleted file mode 160000
index 15724e2e1..000000000
--- a/csources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 15724e2e1f3e7749d508dfcd995e84fea2850802