diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d84ae81..d0c1085 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ revoke:
 PROJECT = $(PACKAGE)
 
 $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tgz: $(FILES)
-	git submodule init
-	git submodule update
 	mkdir $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION) $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/doc
 	cp $(CODE) $(MANS) $(MUNIN) $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/
 	cp $(DOCS) $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/doc/
diff --git a/README b/README
index 209bc62..345762c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -27,12 +27,3 @@ Releases are available from:
 http://yubico.github.com/yubikey-val/releases.html
 
 Documentation is in doc/
-
-If you've checked out the source tree and the doc/ dir is empty, do
-
-    $ git submodule init
-    $ git submodule update
-
-The documentation is also available online at
-
-    http://github.com/Yubico/yubikey-val/wiki