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-[submodule "lib/ansible/modules/core"]
-	path = lib/ansible/modules/core
-	url = https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core
-[submodule "lib/ansible/modules/extras"]
-	path = lib/ansible/modules/extras
-	url = https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras
+
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/modules/__init__.py
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index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/core b/lib/ansible/modules/core
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--- a/lib/ansible/modules/core
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 567a9675b233d062535f0fefd13eb93322b4dd30
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras b/lib/ansible/modules/extras
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-Subproject commit 2bd42f2d35b74431d61aa4d50d4d84195fe6a904