diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5fba28a15726e0a75a8848c004d90358f91fd6fd..487dba090490fd6ac11ace97caaeec22b8d3cf20 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "faser-common"]
-	path = faser-common
-	url = https://:@gitlab.cern.ch:8443/faser/faser-common.git
+	   path = faser-common
+	   url = ../faser-common.git