diff --git a/Developer's-Guide.md b/Developer's-Guide.md
index ead7f2f..4b28b77 100644
--- a/Developer's-Guide.md
+++ b/Developer's-Guide.md
@@ -32,14 +32,10 @@ The following instructions work for the git command line. If using the GitHub De
 To get started with development, run:
 
 ```
-git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation.git
+git clone https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation.git
 ```
 
-This will automatically check out the develop branch. The `--recurse-submodules` flag ensures that our local copy of `pydcs` (a dependency we use) is also checked out. It is also a good idea to configure `git pull` to automatically update submodules. To do this, run:
-
-```
-git config --global submodule.recurse true
-```
+This will automatically check out the develop branch.
 
 ## Creating a Python virtual environment