diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 59f604e..2306d10 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@ requirements = requirements.txt
 activate = . $(venv)/bin/activate
 pip = pip
 ansible = venv/bin/ansible-playbook
-dotbot = _dotbot/bin/dotbot
 
 .PHONY: all
 install: $(ansible)
 	$(activate) && ansible-playbook --inventory localhost, --diff --verbose ./playbook.yml
 
-$(dotbot):
-	git submodule update --init _dotbot
-
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf venv
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2972e7..625e3af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ My configuration files.
 
 # Installation
 
-
-This project uses [dotbot](https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot), which makes setup really easy:
+To setup the dotfiles:
 
 1. `git clone git://github.com:whatevsz/dotfiles ~/dotfiles`
-2. `./install`
+2. `cd ~/dotfiles && make`
 
 # Required third party software
 
diff --git a/_dotbot b/_dotbot
deleted file mode 160000
index fe9ca6f..0000000
--- a/_dotbot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fe9ca6f5ede35d16f28e0c5db781fb39437fd171