diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/notepadqq/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/notepadqq/default.nix
index a51f5106930e..cd4fe34ef33b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/notepadqq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/notepadqq/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "notepadqq";
   version = "1.4.8";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "notepadqq";
     repo = "notepadqq";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "0lbv4s7ng31dkznzbkmp2cvkqglmfj6lv4mbg3r410fif2nrva7k";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [