diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 35183d0d4..ab67af1e0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
 [submodule "functions/qrcodejs"]
 	path = functions/qrcodejs
 	url = https://github.com/davidshimjs/qrcodejs
-[submodule "functions\\xmlseclibs"]
-	path = functions\\xmlseclibs
+[submodule "functions/xmlseclibs"]
+	path = functions/xmlseclibs
 	url = https://github.com/robrichards/xmlseclibs.git