diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index bb57dfc6c..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "subprojects/gvc"]
-	path = subprojects/gvc
-	url = ../../GNOME/libgnome-volume-control.git
diff --git a/subprojects/gvc b/subprojects/gvc
deleted file mode 160000
index 91f3f4149..000000000
--- a/subprojects/gvc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 91f3f41490666a526ed78af744507d7ee1134323
diff --git a/subprojects/gvc.wrap b/subprojects/gvc.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ad1575d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gvc.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory=gvc
+url=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgnome-volume-control.git
+push-url=ssh://git@gitlab.gnome.org:GNOME/libgnome-volume-control.git
+revision=5f9768a2eac29c1ed56f1fbb449a77a3523683b6
+depth=1