diff --git a/.github/workflows/process-release.yml b/.github/workflows/process-release.yml
index 3ee24ccec3..52cb539bc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/process-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/process-release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
+          submodules: recursive
           token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_RELEASE_BOT }}
 
       - run: git checkout chore/release
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bed8e2ba28..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "clients/dummy-algoliasearch-client-javascript"]
-  path = clients/dummy-algoliasearch-client-javascript
-  url = git@github.com:algolia/dummy-js-client.git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/dummy-algoliasearch-client-javascript b/clients/dummy-algoliasearch-client-javascript
deleted file mode 160000
index 04ec6e52f8..0000000000
--- a/clients/dummy-algoliasearch-client-javascript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 04ec6e52f8cd58c5abc6c71c7fb19a652b597e8b