diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 6faa9e3..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "git-hooks"]
-	path = git-hooks
-	url = https://github.com/nightlyone/git-hooks
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7f67d2..8eb25ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ Contributing
 ------------
 
 Contributions are welcome. Please open an issue or send me a pull request for a dedicated branch.
-Make sure the git commit hooks show it works.
-
-git commit hooks
------------------------
-enable commit hooks via
-
-        cd .git ; rm -rf hooks; ln -s ../git-hooks hooks ; cd ..
-
 
 License
 -------
diff --git a/git-hooks b/git-hooks
deleted file mode 160000
index 4cac9ff..0000000
--- a/git-hooks
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4cac9ffe566715782b9a9d4323beca7adb496bad