diff --git a/home/fhauser/applications/git.nix b/home/fhauser/applications/git.nix
index 8559a6c..e9e5ff0 100644
--- a/home/fhauser/applications/git.nix
+++ b/home/fhauser/applications/git.nix
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
         diff = "auto";
         status = "auto";
       };
-      submodule.recurse = true;
       push.default = "current";
       pull.rebase = "true";
       branch.autosetuprebase = "always";
       log.follow = true;
       rerere.enabled = true;
+      fetch.recurseSubmodules = "on-demand";
     };
     ignores = [ "*~" "*.swp" ".direnv/" ];
     lfs.enable = true;