diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 246ac767..05b2931f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@
 	url = https://github.com/lionkor/commandline
 [submodule "vcpkg"]
 	path = vcpkg
-	url = https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
-[submodule "deps/toml11"]
-	path = deps/toml11
-	url = https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11
+	url = https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 67e758d6..63e63df5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ project(
 include(cmake/StandardSettings.cmake)
 include(cmake/StaticAnalyzers.cmake)
 include(cmake/Git.cmake)
+include(FetchContent)
+
+# Fetch packages before proceeding
+
+include(FetchContent)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+    toml11
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11.git
+    GIT_TAG        v4.4.0
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(toml11)
+
+# done fetching packages
 
 # below are options which should be changed
 
@@ -118,7 +131,7 @@ find_package(libzip CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(RapidJSON CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(sol2 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(CURL CONFIG REQUIRED)
-add_subdirectory("deps/toml11")
+#add_subdirectory("deps/toml11")
 
 include_directories(include)
 
diff --git a/deps/toml11 b/deps/toml11
deleted file mode 160000
index f33ca743..00000000
--- a/deps/toml11
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f33ca743fb105bf54293cc822f56cf2794d15bf2