diff --git a/metadata/at.bitfire.davdroid.yml b/metadata/at.bitfire.davdroid.yml
index 0d011b829e..5960c9a959 100644
--- a/metadata/at.bitfire.davdroid.yml
+++ b/metadata/at.bitfire.davdroid.yml
@@ -1694,7 +1694,6 @@ Builds:
     versionCode: 403050002
     commit: 400d46fce2657db2d503aaba5435ead098b5620e
     subdir: app
-    submodules: true
     sudo:
       - apt-get update
       - apt-get install -y openjdk-17-jdk-headless