diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index eada14b..a041f50 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "cheat-base/vendor/magic_enum"]
 	path = cheat-base/vendor/magic_enum
 	url = https://github.com/Neargye/magic_enum.git
-[submodule "cheat-library/vendor/protobuf"]
-	path = cheat-library/vendor/protobuf
-	url = https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git
 [submodule "cheat-library/vendor/json"]
 	path = cheat-base/vendor/json
 	url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git
diff --git a/cheat-library/cheat-library.vcxproj b/cheat-library/cheat-library.vcxproj
index dd7557f..bf885e9 100644
--- a/cheat-library/cheat-library.vcxproj
+++ b/cheat-library/cheat-library.vcxproj
@@ -891,8 +891,8 @@
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableUAC>false</EnableUAC>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir);$(ProjectDir)vendor\lib\</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>cheat-base.lib;ntdll.lib;libprotobufd.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>cheat-base.lib;ntdll.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
     </Link>
     <PostBuildEvent>
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ powershell -nop -c "&amp; {sleep 20}"</Command>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableUAC>false</EnableUAC>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir);$(ProjectDir)vendor\lib\</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>cheat-base.lib;ntdll.lib;shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
     </Link>
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ powershell -nop -c "&amp; {sleep 15}"</Command>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableUAC>false</EnableUAC>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir)..\Release\;$(ProjectDir)vendor\lib\;$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OutDir)..\Release\;$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>cheat-base.lib;ntdll.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <UACExecutionLevel>RequireAdministrator</UACExecutionLevel>
     </Link>
diff --git a/cheat-library/vendor/lib/libprotobuf.lib b/cheat-library/vendor/lib/libprotobuf.lib
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d9a6ae..0000000
Binary files a/cheat-library/vendor/lib/libprotobuf.lib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/cheat-library/vendor/lib/libprotobufd.lib b/cheat-library/vendor/lib/libprotobufd.lib
deleted file mode 100644
index 80151c7..0000000
Binary files a/cheat-library/vendor/lib/libprotobufd.lib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/cheat-library/vendor/protobuf b/cheat-library/vendor/protobuf
deleted file mode 160000
index 6f99f12..0000000
--- a/cheat-library/vendor/protobuf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6f99f12a6b3e2a38f444d9d052eb29822f885913