diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pull_request.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/pull_request.yaml
index a9599d0..d1e38eb 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pull_request.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pull_request.yaml
@@ -31,5 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         run: stylua --check .
       - name: Lint
         run: lua-language-server --check=.
+      - name: Bootstrap plenary.nvim
+        run: git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim .tests/vendor/plenary.nvim
       - name: Test
         run: nvim --headless -c "PlenaryBustedDirectory tests/watchexec/ {minimal_init = 'tests/minimal_init.lua'}" -c "q"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40ec2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.tests/vendor/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 548bd62..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule ".tests/vendor/plenary.nvim"]
-	path = .tests/vendor/plenary.nvim
-	url = https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim
diff --git a/.tests/vendor/plenary.nvim b/.tests/vendor/plenary.nvim
deleted file mode 160000
index 74b06c6..0000000
--- a/.tests/vendor/plenary.nvim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 74b06c6c75e4eeb3108ec01852001636d85a932b
diff --git a/run_checks.ps1 b/run_checks.ps1
index 33614e5..04ae53f 100644
--- a/run_checks.ps1
+++ b/run_checks.ps1
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
 
 Write-Host "PASS" -ForegroundColor Green
 
+$plenaryPath = ".tests/vendor/plenary.nvim"
+
+if (-not (Test-Path $plenaryPath)) {
+  Write-Host "Bootstrapping plenary.nvim for tests..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ".tests/vendor" -Force | Out-Null
+  git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim $plenaryPath
+}
+
 Write-Host "`n=== Test ==="
 
 nvim --headless -c "PlenaryBustedDirectory tests/watchexec/ {minimal_init = 'tests/minimal_init.lua'}"
diff --git a/run_tests.ps1 b/run_tests.ps1
index f3d421c..3242efc 100644
--- a/run_tests.ps1
+++ b/run_tests.ps1
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
+$plenaryPath = ".tests/vendor/plenary.nvim"
+
+if (-not (Test-Path $plenaryPath)) {
+  Write-Host "Bootstrapping plenary.nvim for tests..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ".tests/vendor" -Force | Out-Null
+  git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim $plenaryPath
+}
+
 nvim --headless -c "PlenaryBustedDirectory tests/watchexec/ {minimal_init = 'tests/minimal_init.lua'}"