diff --git a/wiki/src/blueprint/veracrypt/build-gnome-shell.mdwn b/wiki/src/blueprint/veracrypt/build-gnome-shell.mdwn
index 80214b169970ea177b4ed3dcc32dccb2e9aabb29..eb3929811c54c422be36a036465fd18f9a35f844 100644
--- a/wiki/src/blueprint/veracrypt/build-gnome-shell.mdwn
+++ b/wiki/src/blueprint/veracrypt/build-gnome-shell.mdwn
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 * clone upstream git 
 
       git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell.git gnome-shell-git
-      git submodule update --init
 
 * disable upstream VCS tag checking