diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d96427..0af28c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ nosetests.xml
 # OWN STUFF
 .ftp_pass.txt
 .vagrant/*
+pelican-plugins/*
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index dc471de..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "pelican-plugins"]
-	path = pelican-plugins
-	url = https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins.git
diff --git a/ansible/vagrant.yml b/ansible/vagrant.yml
index e991559..05657fa 100644
--- a/ansible/vagrant.yml
+++ b/ansible/vagrant.yml
@@ -36,3 +36,10 @@
         requirements=/vagrant/requirements.txt
         virtualenv=~/env
         virtualenv_command="virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3"
+
+    - name: clone pelican-plugins
+      git:
+        repo=https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins.git
+        dest=/vagrant/pelican-plugins
+
+
diff --git a/pelican-plugins b/pelican-plugins
deleted file mode 160000
index da4487d..0000000
--- a/pelican-plugins
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit da4487d6be46966818c05abc5b58322139b597e4