diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 3128a55..6240115 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ If you host your project in git, you can do `git submodule add URL PATH` in your
 repo to import this library as a git submodule for easy usage. Then you need to do
 a `git submodule update --init` after cloning. When you want to update the submodule,
 do `cd PATH; git checkout master; git pull`. See `git help submodule` for more info.
-"./get_submodules.py" is shortcut that initializes and updates submodules.
 
 Currently Provided Tools:
 
diff --git a/get_submodules.py b/get_submodules.py
deleted file mode 100755
index e1d78be..0000000
--- a/get_submodules.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-
-import os
-
-os.system("git submodule update --init")
diff --git a/servos.scad b/servos.scad
old mode 100755
new mode 100644