diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 5b50ebb0..0f2dae16 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ checkout:
   post:
     - git config --global user.name monty-bot
     - git config --global user.email monty-bot@arm.com
-    - git submodule update --init --remote --force
+    - git clone https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-cloud-sdk-testrunner.git tests/testrunner
     - pip install -r tests/testrunner/requirements.txt
     - python setup.py develop:
         pwd: tests/testrunner
diff --git a/tests/testrunner b/tests/testrunner
deleted file mode 160000
index ad1d96de..00000000
--- a/tests/testrunner
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ad1d96de4ba395cf56271f2f3980f963cb34fb07