diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 74a56b5c..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "support/nodeunit"]
-	path = support/nodeunit
-	url = https://github.com/caolan/nodeunit.git
diff --git a/support/ci/neo4j.sh b/support/ci/neo4j.sh
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--- a/support/ci/neo4j.sh
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# travis-ci.org now provides neo4j server but it is not started on boot
-which neo4j && sudo neo4j start
-sleep 5
diff --git a/support/nodeunit b/support/nodeunit
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--- a/support/nodeunit
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-Subproject commit b41facc8505e4516161452239a25711413711373