diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index 55f41d197..41487fa78 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ local Pipeline(branch, platform, event) = {
              name: 'submodules',
              image: 'alpine/git',
              commands: [
-               'git submodule update --init --recursive --remote',
+               'git submodule update --init --recursive',
                'git config cmake.update-submodules no',
              ],
            },