diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5d11060eb..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "plugins/widgets"]
-	path = plugins/widgets
-	url = https://github.com/linksys/PrivacyGUI-Widgets
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/widgets b/plugins/widgets
deleted file mode 160000
index b945f41f6..000000000
--- a/plugins/widgets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b945f41f67dadd1d30fc06dd4e9d40caddba03c2
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 56c374b36..6d47b0210 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ dependencies:
   collection: ^1.18.0
   flutter_secure_storage: ^9.2.2
   privacygui_widgets:
-    path: plugins/widgets
+    git:
+      url: https://github.com/linksys/PrivacyGUI-Widgets.git
+      ref: b945f41f67dadd1d30fc06dd4e9d40caddba03c2
   flutter_blue_plus: ^1.4.0
   crypto: ^3.0.2
   riverpod: ^2.6.1