diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6704713..c83586e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "contrib/vim-plug"]
-	path = contrib/vim-plug
-	url = https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug
 [submodule "ansible_roles/firefox"]
 	path = ansible_roles/firefox
 	url = https://github.com/staticdev/ansible-role-firefox
@@ -13,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "pkgbuilds/portfolio-performance-bin"]
 	path = pkgbuilds/portfolio-performance-bin
 	url = https://aur.archlinux.org/portfolio-performance-bin.git
+[submodule "pkgbuilds/vim-plug"]
+	path = pkgbuilds/vim-plug
+	url = https://aur.archlinux.org/vim-plug.git
diff --git a/contrib/vim-plug b/contrib/vim-plug
deleted file mode 160000
index c3b6b7c..0000000
--- a/contrib/vim-plug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c3b6b7c2971da730d66f6955d5c467db8dae536b
diff --git a/pkgbuilds/vim-plug b/pkgbuilds/vim-plug
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..8989fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgbuilds/vim-plug
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8989fa106c2febf9487e245031dee3f3c862b5ef
diff --git a/playbook.yml b/playbook.yml
index f287887..6e569a6 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbook.yml
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@
                 source ./env
                 curl -sSf --proto '=https' https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_6224F9941A8AA6D1.gpg | gpg --import -
 
+            - name: vim-plug
+
       - set_fact:
           aur_packages: "{{ aur_packages|map(attribute='dependencies', default=[]) | flatten + aur_packages }}"
 
diff --git a/user.yml b/user.yml
index b5baa5c..21cd6fa 100644
--- a/user.yml
+++ b/user.yml
@@ -251,25 +251,6 @@
     - dotfiles
 
 - block:
-  - name: create intermediate directories for vim-plug
-    file:
-      path: "{{ item }}"
-      state: directory
-    with_items:
-      - ~/.local/
-      - ~/.local/share/
-      - ~/.local/share/nvim/
-      - ~/.local/share/nvim/site/
-      - ~/.local/share/nvim/site/autoload/
-
-  - name: install vim-plug
-    copy:
-      src: contrib/vim-plug/plug.vim
-      dest: ~/.local/share/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim
-      owner: "{{ user.name }}"
-      group: "{{ user.name }}"
-      mode: "0644"
-
   - name: install vim plugins
     command: nvim --headless +PlugInstall +qall
     register: vim_plugin_install