diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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--- a/.gitmodules
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "app/contracts"]
-	path = app/contracts
-	url = https://github.com/DECODEproject/dddc-pilot-contracts
diff --git a/app/contracts b/app/contracts
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index a62ecba..0000000
--- a/app/contracts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a62ecba9231438d821b788fcabdf26575b665286