diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d0d9ca48c5..8c0e8c6fc0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
-[submodule "public/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker"]
-	path = public/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker
-	url = https://github.com/eternicode/bootstrap-datepicker.git
-[submodule "public/vendor/bootstrap-growl"]
-	path = public/vendor/bootstrap-growl
-	url = https://github.com/ifightcrime/bootstrap-growl.git
-[submodule "public/vendor/bootstrap"]
-	path = public/vendor/bootstrap
-	url = https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap.git
 [submodule "public/vendor/github-buttons"]
 	path = public/vendor/github-buttons
 	url = https://github.com/mdo/github-buttons.git
-[submodule "public/vendor/jquery-cookie"]
-	path = public/vendor/jquery-cookie
-	url = https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie.git
 [submodule "public/vendor/jquery-ui"]
 	path = public/vendor/jquery-ui
 	url = https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui.git
diff --git a/public/vendor/bootstrap b/public/vendor/bootstrap
deleted file mode 160000
index eb24718add..0000000000
--- a/public/vendor/bootstrap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit eb24718add4dd36fe92fdbdb79e6ff4ce5919300
diff --git a/public/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker b/public/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker
deleted file mode 160000
index 3f12c74bcd..0000000000
--- a/public/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3f12c74bcd5a0d6763951ce14450c8727b661bc9
diff --git a/public/vendor/bootstrap-growl b/public/vendor/bootstrap-growl
deleted file mode 160000
index c033de329b..0000000000
--- a/public/vendor/bootstrap-growl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c033de329bb1b21e4175e2a53efd844b664d27c8
diff --git a/public/vendor/jquery-cookie b/public/vendor/jquery-cookie
deleted file mode 160000
index cefb0c3999..0000000000
--- a/public/vendor/jquery-cookie
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit cefb0c399960553edae76f91f9fc5470a1c3bc04
diff --git a/styles/app/index.styl b/styles/app/index.styl
index f3b02898dd..66ab88d827 100644
--- a/styles/app/index.styl
+++ b/styles/app/index.styl
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 @import "./alerts.styl";
 @import "./helpers.styl";
 @import "./responsive.styl";
-
 @import "./scrollbars.styl";
 
-@import "../../public/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker/css/datepicker.css";
 
 // fix exploding to very wide for some reason
 .datepicker
diff --git a/views/app/index.html b/views/app/index.html
index 2f60f1a6a9..ad90bf4bdb 100644
--- a/views/app/index.html
+++ b/views/app/index.html
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
   <!-- CDN -->
   <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
   <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
+  <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.0.0/css/datepicker.css" rel="stylesheet">
+
 
 <Header:>
   <app:modals:modals />
diff --git a/views/static/head.html b/views/static/head.html
index dc023c56b7..19bf4992a7 100644
--- a/views/static/head.html
+++ b/views/static/head.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
 
-    <link href="/vendor/bootstrap/docs/assets/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
+    <link href="//twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link href="/css/static-pages.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link href="/css/footer.css" rel="stylesheet">