diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "vendor/nimbus-build-system"]
+	path = vendor/nimbus-build-system
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-build-system.git
diff --git a/vendor/nimbus-build-system b/vendor/nimbus-build-system
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+Subproject commit 239c3a7fbb88fd241da0ade3246fd2e5fcff4f25