diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "micropython/pycparser"]
-	path = micropython/pycparser
-	url = https://github.com/eliben/pycparser.git
diff --git a/micropython/pycparser b/micropython/pycparser
deleted file mode 160000
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--- a/micropython/pycparser
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-Subproject commit 2a29d56c280e64b308cd079b507ebee3e108fddc