diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 13d395ad8..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "deps/qr"]
-	path = deps/qr
-	url = https://github.com/nayuki/QR-Code-generator.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dfdc194c5..b4ceb0b54 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,17 +11,15 @@ if(NOT ENABLE_WEBSOCKET)
   return()
 endif()
 
-# Submodule deps check
-if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/qr/cpp/QrCode.hpp")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "obs-websocket submodule deps not available.")
-endif()
-
 # Find Qt
 find_qt(COMPONENTS Core Widgets Svg Network)
 
 # Find nlohmann JSON
 find_package(nlohmann_json 3 REQUIRED)
 
+# Find qrcodegencpp
+find_package(Libqrcodegencpp REQUIRED)
+
 # Find WebSocket++
 find_package(Websocketpp 0.8 REQUIRED)
 
@@ -124,8 +122,6 @@ target_sources(
           src/utils/Platform.h
           src/utils/Utils.h)
 
-target_sources(obs-websocket PRIVATE deps/qr/cpp/QrCode.cpp deps/qr/cpp/QrCode.hpp)
-
 configure_file(src/plugin-macros.h.in plugin-macros.generated.h)
 target_sources(obs-websocket PRIVATE plugin-macros.generated.h)
 
@@ -154,7 +150,8 @@ target_link_libraries(
           Qt::Network
           nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
           Websocketpp::Websocketpp
-          Asio::Asio)
+          Asio::Asio
+          Libqrcodegencpp::Libqrcodegencpp)
 
 set_target_properties_obs(
   obs-websocket
diff --git a/cmake/legacy.cmake b/cmake/legacy.cmake
index 4790a0841..8c90c56d3 100644
--- a/cmake/legacy.cmake
+++ b/cmake/legacy.cmake
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ if(NOT ENABLE_WEBSOCKET OR NOT ENABLE_UI)
   return()
 endif()
 
-# Submodule deps check
-if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/qr/cpp/QrCode.hpp)
-  obs_status(FATAL_ERROR "obs-websocket submodule deps not available.")
-endif()
-
 # Plugin tests flag
 option(PLUGIN_TESTS "Enable plugin runtime tests" OFF)
 
@@ -22,6 +17,9 @@ find_qt(COMPONENTS Core Widgets Svg Network)
 # Find nlohmann JSON
 find_package(nlohmann_json 3 REQUIRED)
 
+# Find qrcodegencpp
+find_package(Libqrcodegencpp REQUIRED)
+
 # Find WebSocket++
 find_package(Websocketpp 0.8 REQUIRED)
 
@@ -127,9 +125,7 @@ target_sources(
           src/utils/Platform.h
           src/utils/Compat.cpp
           src/utils/Compat.h
-          src/utils/Utils.h
-          deps/qr/cpp/QrCode.cpp
-          deps/qr/cpp/QrCode.hpp)
+          src/utils/Utils.h)
 
 target_link_libraries(
   obs-websocket
@@ -141,7 +137,8 @@ target_link_libraries(
           Qt::Network
           nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
           Websocketpp::Websocketpp
-          Asio::Asio)
+          Asio::Asio
+          Libqrcodegencpp::Libqrcodegencpp)
 
 target_compile_features(obs-websocket PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
diff --git a/deps/qr b/deps/qr
deleted file mode 160000
index 8518684c0..000000000
--- a/deps/qr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8518684c0f33d004fa93971be2c6a8eca3167d1e
diff --git a/src/forms/ConnectInfo.cpp b/src/forms/ConnectInfo.cpp
index ddb979d2a..02442f004 100644
--- a/src/forms/ConnectInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/forms/ConnectInfo.cpp
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <obs-module.h>
+#include <qrcodegen.hpp>
 
 #include "ConnectInfo.h"
-#include "../../deps/qr/cpp/QrCode.hpp"
 #include "../obs-websocket.h"
 #include "../Config.h"
 #include "../utils/Platform.h"