diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 218b6d70f..f6f953515 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "brotli"]
+[submodule "submodules/brotli"]
 	path = submodules/brotli
 	url = https://github.com/google/brotli.git
diff --git a/brotli b/brotli
deleted file mode 160000
index 5805f99a5..000000000
--- a/brotli
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 5805f99a533a8f8118699c0100d8c102f3605f65