diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 322d9dc..a5a3134 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,7 +13,3 @@
 [submodule "submodules/materialize"]
 	path = submodules/materialize
 	url = https://github.com/materializecss/materialize.git
-
-[submodule "submodules/video.js"]
-	path = submodules/video.js
-	url = https://github.com/videojs/video.js.git
diff --git a/submodules/Makefile b/submodules/Makefile
index de7786c..f3254b3 100644
--- a/submodules/Makefile
+++ b/submodules/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 include passwords
 
 .PHONY: updateSubmodules
-updateSubmodules:
+updateSubmodules: checkoutSubmodulesDefaultBranches
+	git submodule foreach git pull
+
+.PHONY:
+checkoutSubmodulesDefaultBranches:
 	git -C lite-youtube-embed checkout master
 	git -C materialize checkout main
 	git -C parsedown checkout master
 	git -C spyc checkout master
 	git -C zopfli checkout master
 
-	git submodule foreach git pull
 
 .PHONY: buildMaterialize
 buildMaterialize: updateSubmodules
diff --git a/submodules/video.js b/submodules/video.js
deleted file mode 160000
index 53cbfc6..0000000
--- a/submodules/video.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 53cbfc62226255e2435cde10624bcafb54502fbb