diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6127b38c1aa25968a88db3940604d41529e4cf5..4bf974a8994c2ee687383ddb4194759098412bb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Prerequisites
 *.d
-
+*.autosave
 # Object files
 *.o
 *.ko
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d58e0ec841e677b454839402cc36434ee59f00..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "crypt/picnic"]
-	path = crypt/picnic
-	url = https://github.com/IAIK/Picnic.git
diff --git a/crypt/picnic b/crypt/picnic
deleted file mode 160000
index 423b5da7036ac3b090d50bdff1e9a8ea34e37d11..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/crypt/picnic
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 423b5da7036ac3b090d50bdff1e9a8ea34e37d11