diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2f09c7bf0..6f21e4998 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "_external/data"]
 	path = _external/data
 	url = https://github.com/w3c/wai-website-data.git
-	branch = wcag-translations-yml