diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed390923e..7a21761b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -219,3 +219,6 @@ doku/*
 # library subdirectories
 /lib/
 
+# Path to the protocol buffer definitions, which are a diffrerent repository and managed by vcstool
+/humanoid_league_misc/humanoid_league_team_communication/humanoid_league_team_communication/RobocupProtocol
+
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index fc3fd48c9..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "humanoid_league_team_communication/humanoid_league_team_communication/RobocupProtocol"]
-	path = humanoid_league_misc/humanoid_league_team_communication/humanoid_league_team_communication/RobocupProtocol
-	url = https://github.com/bit-bots/RobocupProtocol.git
diff --git a/humanoid_league_misc/humanoid_league_team_communication/humanoid_league_team_communication/RobocupProtocol b/humanoid_league_misc/humanoid_league_team_communication/humanoid_league_team_communication/RobocupProtocol
deleted file mode 160000
index 56b5f5e55..000000000
--- a/humanoid_league_misc/humanoid_league_team_communication/humanoid_league_team_communication/RobocupProtocol
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 56b5f5e55ae1885e20d03ad36e37c35f2dfcce98
diff --git a/workspace.repos b/workspace.repos
index dff067cec..9bf1e029e 100644
--- a/workspace.repos
+++ b/workspace.repos
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 repositories:
+  humanoid_league_misc/humanoid_league_team_communication/humanoid_league_team_communication/RobocupProtocol:
+    type: git
+    url: git@github.com:bit-bots/RobocupProtocol.git
   lib/dynamic_stack_decider:
     type: git
     url: git@github.com:bit-bots/dynamic_stack_decider.git