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 https://discord.gg/p8T9XzVwRa
 
 # Cloning and building
-`git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:AlpineMapsOrg/renderer.git`
+`git clone git@github.com:AlpineMapsOrg/renderer.git`
 
-or a normal clone and
-
-`git submodule init && git submodule update`
-
-After that it should be a normal cmake project. that is, you run cmake to generate a project or build file and then run your favourite tool.
+After that it should be a normal cmake project. That is, you run cmake to generate a project or build file and then run your favourite tool. All dependencies should be pulled automatically into `renderer/external` while you run CMake. 
 We use Qt Creator (with mingw on Windows), which is the only tested setup atm and makes setup of Android and WebAssembly builds reasonably easy. If you have questions, please open a new [discussion](https://github.com/AlpineMapsOrg/renderer/discussions).
 
 ## Dependencies for the native and android build