diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b7c58dd..00000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "grovedb/grovedbg"]
-	path = grovedb/grovedbg
-	url = https://github.com/dashpay/grovedbg
diff --git a/grovedb/build.rs b/grovedb/build.rs
index d7b4b7b9..ad1ea64f 100644
--- a/grovedb/build.rs
+++ b/grovedb/build.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ fn main() {
     use sha2::{digest::FixedOutput, Digest, Sha256};
 
     const GROVEDBG_SHA256: [u8; 32] =
-        hex!("206d865949e7f12b843c342cea3b172d4c78d4eb754b80d272164d59f62a2276");
-    const GROVEDBG_VERSION: &str = "v1.0.0-rc.3";
+        hex!("d1152b9a0257e02625efc223a98a9f2b9a2aa7ade133a7c32fee1e5f7d3a607e");
+    const GROVEDBG_VERSION: &str = "v1.0.0-rc.4";
 
     let out_dir = PathBuf::from(&env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
     let grovedbg_zip_path = out_dir.join("grovedbg.zip");
diff --git a/grovedb/grovedbg b/grovedb/grovedbg
deleted file mode 160000
index 954be745..00000000
--- a/grovedb/grovedbg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 954be74510d3c3bb79a7e622e55af66aae5c6ad4