diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "openpgp-api-lib"]
-    path = libraries/openpgp-api-lib
-    url = https://github.com/open-keychain/openpgp-api-lib.git
diff --git a/libraries/openpgp-api-lib b/libraries/openpgp-api-lib
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-Subproject commit 89b0a3bd140dd178595c031beaa27747575d7ac8