diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9e105c34e226dc01debc4af7344d0ab9cd5f8330..3d4c7d8d6cc14b65a42fef763027e4430760db66 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ cache:
       - $HOME/virtualenv
 
 install:
-  - git submodule init
-  - git submodule update --remote
   - pip install -r tests/requirements.txt | cat
   - ansible-galaxy install git+file://$(pwd),$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) -p .molecule/roles
   - molecule dependency