diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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--- a/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "http-parser"]
-	path = http-parser
-	url = https://github.com/joyent/http-parser
diff --git a/http-parser b/http-parser
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index 5b951d74b..000000000
--- a/http-parser
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 5b951d74bd66ec9d38448e0a85b1cf8b85d97db3