diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d0181fba..079d13dc 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "rules"]
 	path = rules
 	url = ../capa-rules.git
-	branch = dynamic-syntax
 [submodule "tests/data"]
 	path = tests/data
 	url = ../capa-testfiles.git
-	branch = dynamic-feature-extractor