diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
index 3a50fba..257fe45 100644
--- a/Capfile
+++ b/Capfile
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ require 'capistrano/bundler'
 require 'capistrano/rails/assets'
 require 'capistrano/rails/migrations'
 require 'capistrano/puma'
-require 'capistrano/puma/nginx'   # if you want to upload a nginx site template
+# require 'capistrano/puma/nginx'   # if you want to upload a nginx site template
 # require 'capistrano/passenger'
 require 'capistrano/rvm'
-require 'capistrano/git-submodule-strategy'
 
 # Load custom tasks from `lib/capistrano/tasks` if you have any defined
 Dir.glob('lib/capistrano/tasks/*.rake').each { |r| import r }
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d02cb59..d5a5182 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ group :development do
   gem 'capistrano-rails'
   gem 'capistrano-rvm'
   gem 'capistrano3-puma'
-  gem 'capistrano-git-submodule-strategy'
 end
 
 group :development, :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 728b463..79c6260 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ GEM
     capistrano-bundler (1.1.4)
       capistrano (~> 3.1)
       sshkit (~> 1.2)
-    capistrano-git-submodule-strategy (0.1.17)
-      capistrano (~> 3.1)
     capistrano-rails (1.1.3)
       capistrano (~> 3.1)
       capistrano-bundler (~> 1.1)
@@ -347,7 +345,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bootstrap-sass-extras
   bootswatch-rails
   capistrano
-  capistrano-git-submodule-strategy
   capistrano-rails
   capistrano-rvm
   capistrano3-puma
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 3a40ff2..30a65c2 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ set :deploy_to, '/home/barf/clarion'
 
 # Default value for :scm is :git
 # set :scm, :git
-set :git_strategy, Capistrano::Git::SubmoduleStrategy
 
 # Default value for :format is :pretty
 # set :format, :pretty