diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "lib/lsp-utils/specification/language-server-protocol"]
-	path = language-server-protocol
-	url = https://github.com/microsoft/language-server-protocol.git
diff --git a/language-server-protocol b/language-server-protocol
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-Subproject commit 3481b8495b6a80961cf2e3bfd1df6ca210756fba