diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5a33829602..00708a2e6e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 [submodule "websocketspp"]
 	path = Release/libs/websocketpp
 	url = https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp/
+	fetchRecurseSubmodules = false