diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8cac8a0b3..9fe981c19 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -12,15 +12,7 @@ jobs:
           keys:
             - v2-cache-source-{{ .Branch }}-{{ .Revision }}
             - v2-cache-source-{{ .Branch }}
-      - run:
-          name: Reset Head
-          command: git reset --hard || true
       - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Initialize submodules
-          command: |
-            git submodule init
-            git submodule update
       - save_cache:
           key: v2-cache-source-{{ .Branch }}-{{ .Revision }}
           paths:
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000