diff --git a/packages/auth/.gitmodules b/packages/auth/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index d423707d751b13b5f0d8462cdba7290860dac1e7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/auth/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "vendor/common"]
-	path = vendor/common
-	url = git@gitlab.tugraz.at:VPU/WebComponents/Common.git
diff --git a/packages/auth/package.json b/packages/auth/package.json
index a714231d74423597adbe0cca07f1c6b27b8f72e8..5b67f337821c9f096ae91b6d5ed4ec1d7ebcb90a 100644
--- a/packages/auth/package.json
+++ b/packages/auth/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "rollup-plugin-json": "^4.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-serve": "^1.0.1",
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^6.1.0",
-    "vpu-common": "file:./vendor/common"
+    "vpu-common": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@open-wc/scoped-elements": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/auth/vendor/common b/packages/auth/vendor/common
deleted file mode 160000
index 8c46647624ad9d91316a4bad168d49221884efe2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/auth/vendor/common
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8c46647624ad9d91316a4bad168d49221884efe2