diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e328902a..4e6ae515 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "src/externals/paho-mqtt-c"]
 	path = src/externals/paho-mqtt-c
-	url = https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.c.git
+	url = ../paho.mqtt.c.git