diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 72c5135..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "cpp/pypowsybl"]
-	path = cpp/pypowsybl
-	url = https://github.com/powsybl/pypowsybl.git
diff --git a/build_local.jl b/build_local.jl
index 30033be..53fc034 100644
--- a/build_local.jl
+++ b/build_local.jl
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pypowsybl_version = v"1.7.0"
 
 sources = [
     DirectorySource("./cpp", target="cpp"),
+    GitSource("https://github.com/powsybl/pypowsybl.git", "cd5fea41bbfb2897fd71a6e63b2d07a465055699", "cpp"),
     ArchiveSource("https://github.com/powsybl/pypowsybl/releases/download/v$(pypowsybl_version)/binaries-v$(pypowsybl_version)-windows.zip",
                   "82d3cee44992dcceaee7549f17351155e91c9eb2bdce97b1cf6c0107155991e8",
                   "powsybl-java-windows"),
diff --git a/cpp/pypowsybl b/cpp/pypowsybl
deleted file mode 160000
index cd5fea4..0000000
--- a/cpp/pypowsybl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit cd5fea41bbfb2897fd71a6e63b2d07a465055699