diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "website/plugins/ipynb"]
+	path = website/plugins/ipynb
+	url = git://github.com/danielfrg/pelican-ipynb.git
+[submodule "website/plugins/pelican-plugins"]
+	path = website/plugins/pelican-plugins
+	url = git://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins.git
diff --git a/website/.gitmodules b/website/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "plugins/ipynb"]
-	path = plugins/ipynb
-	url = git://github.com/danielfrg/pelican-ipynb.git
-[submodule "plugins/pelican-plugins"]
-	path = plugins/pelican-plugins
-	url = git://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins.git