diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 818ded6..6c9ae7e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,3 @@ out/
 
 # Docs
 docs/
-
-# this is needed so dev containers work with submodules 
-lib/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 888d42d..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "lib/forge-std"]
-	path = lib/forge-std
-	url = https://github.com/foundry-rs/forge-std