diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d8589bf..cadf70a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -487,3 +487,6 @@
 [submodule "libraries/helpers/displayio_effects"]
 	path = libraries/helpers/displayio_effects
 	url = https://github.com/circuitpython/CircuitPython_Org_DisplayIO_Effects.git
+[submodule "libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343"]
+	path = libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343
+	url = https://github.com/joepardue/circuitpython-as7343.git
diff --git a/libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343 b/libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..bb15546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bb1554623c7cbddaa2e8290505fcf56deb11dd4d
diff --git a/libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343/.gitmodules b/libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bd2dff..0000000
--- a/libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343"]
-  path = libraries/drivers/circuitpython-as7343
-  url = https://github.com/joepardue/circuitpython-as7343.git