diff --git a/packages/app-shell/README.md b/packages/app-shell/README.md
index b8c4401271b7f5469a67787ea458fbed4872fc56..3f9442f47e896eccf346d7feefcf09de1dd5252a 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/README.md
+++ b/packages/app-shell/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ activities. Handles login, language selection, activity switching, menus etc.
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/app-shell
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies (make sure you have npm version 4+ installed, so symlinks to the git submodules are created automatically)
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/auth/README.md b/packages/auth/README.md
index 21480ed1264cb27f6171d5cbc7cad0f6f86406f6..e1105c6c9ce26086857eba5cb73c84880c42a864 100644
--- a/packages/auth/README.md
+++ b/packages/auth/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/auth
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/check-in-place-select/README.md b/packages/check-in-place-select/README.md
index 5b6ac934ce94c8d7928c396230d9a739b9decd59..1f9be4d90c7aea8c93c522808df5d0874738ec91 100644
--- a/packages/check-in-place-select/README.md
+++ b/packages/check-in-place-select/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/check-in-place-select
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies (make sure you have npm version 4+ installed, so symlinks to the git submodules are created automatically)
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/data-table-view/README.md b/packages/data-table-view/README.md
index 92d2637d9caeffe9f3ba82f5bfd2a9a8618ec939..8570acb6bd2347a14d95cd5646b77a5f48b88cb3 100644
--- a/packages/data-table-view/README.md
+++ b/packages/data-table-view/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/data-table-view
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/file-handling/README.md b/packages/file-handling/README.md
index 14cac2a9142ac0e7dc9db30da7b14c2e35d99664..d6e596cfd7a054a9fd299e5f661fca2956b41aec 100644
--- a/packages/file-handling/README.md
+++ b/packages/file-handling/README.md
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ files to a [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) instance.
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/file-handling
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/README.md b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/README.md
index 7b510b99cae4d8075323ac28b558913cb4914304..7fd89f823306480933cd93e27b5a1f704f7aa020 100644
--- a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/README.md
+++ b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/language-select/README.md b/packages/language-select/README.md
index b7688bbf9fe8f54f23c9e9b99d8fac01805279bf..313cb1b48f207c70937aa02afcdb23f45e674702 100644
--- a/packages/language-select/README.md
+++ b/packages/language-select/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/language-select
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/matomo/README.md b/packages/matomo/README.md
index eead62eff4e7b6df8b84389117baabce5d28f697..c9cebb873491b1d5148c7a77495efa6791b426e5 100644
--- a/packages/matomo/README.md
+++ b/packages/matomo/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class Demo {
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/matomo
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies (make sure you have npm version 4+ installed, so symlinks to the git submodules are created automatically)
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/notification/README.md b/packages/notification/README.md
index 2218b8e88411c47589e53edcb298df0c470fc2c6..d843ea650fec5d036355703ce03b30aa91bafc47 100644
--- a/packages/notification/README.md
+++ b/packages/notification/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ send({
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/notification
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/person-profile/README.md b/packages/person-profile/README.md
index e63547ed398582dcf4ca5d0accde712e2bf6921c..c390152ada4ce9df3f2dddd7006c97b765006cc5 100644
--- a/packages/person-profile/README.md
+++ b/packages/person-profile/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/person-profile
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/person-select/README.md b/packages/person-select/README.md
index 21b33193b1ed7ca7ad074f015d02eb1acec1c324..e32ddf36eccd883b115704d729f37a53a3c9d9f4 100644
--- a/packages/person-select/README.md
+++ b/packages/person-select/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/toolkit.git
 cd toolkit/packages/person-select
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies
 yarn install
diff --git a/packages/qr-code-scanner/README.md b/packages/qr-code-scanner/README.md
index 95a2d72b4e22de9df91d861f3e0479a94abe733f..9c2ed0af8474f2910b4358543fd18260bf66d8cf 100644
--- a/packages/qr-code-scanner/README.md
+++ b/packages/qr-code-scanner/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ after loaded. This attribute is also used to stop the QR code reader or if you d
 # get the source
 git clone git@gitlab.tugraz.at:dbp/web-components/qr-code-scanner.git
 cd qr-code-scanner
-git submodule update --init
 
 # install dependencies (make sure you have npm version 4+ installed, so symlinks to the git submodules are created automatically)
 yarn install