diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd04fe79c..a6ef9ef50 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ target/release
 Cargo.lock
 benchmark
 .DS_Store
+cpp/simdcomp/bitpackingbenchmark
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1f4ea5e41..8b9f8e435 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 language: rust
 rust:
   - nightly
-git:
-  submodules: false
-before_install:
-  - sed -i 's/git@github.com:/https:\/\/github.com\//' .gitmodules
-  - git submodule update --init --recursive
 env:
   global:
     - CC=gcc-4.8
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d16f05995..8389963e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ the submodules. The project can then be built using `cargo`.
 
     git clone git@github.com:tantivy-search/tantivy.git
     cd tantivy
-    git submodule init
-    git submodule update
     cargo build