diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4141163..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "auto-updated-bioconda-recipes"]
-	path = auto-updated-bioconda-recipes
-	url = https://github.com/Syph-and-VPD-Lab/auto-updated-bioconda-recipes.git
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index baa2741..5b2954f 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ pipeline {
                     steps {
                         sh 'git config --global --add safe.directory /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/autoBIGS.cli-bioconda_main'
                         sh 'git config --global --add safe.directory /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/autoBIGS.cli-bioconda_main/auto-updated-bioconda-recipes'
-                        sh 'git submodule init'
-                        sh 'git submodule update'
+                        sh 'git clone https://github.com/Syph-and-VPD-Lab/auto-updated-bioconda-recipes.git'
                         dir('auto-updated-bioconda-recipes') {
                             sh 'git checkout -b update-autobigs-cli-${TOOL_VER}'
                         }
@@ -62,7 +61,8 @@ pipeline {
                     steps {
                         dir('auto-updated-bioconda-recipes') {
                             sh 'git commit -a -m "Automatically updated autobigs-cli bioconda recipe to ${TOOL_VER}."'
-                            sh 'git push https://${TOKEN}@github.com/Syph-and-VPD-Lab/auto-updated-bioconda-recipes.git update-autobigs-cli'
+                            sh 'git push https://${TOKEN}@github.com/Syph-and-VPD-Lab/auto-updated-bioconda-recipes.git update-autobigs-cli-${TOOL_VER}'
+                            sh 'git request-pull update-autobigs-cli-${TOOL_VER} https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes.git master'
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/auto-updated-bioconda-recipes b/auto-updated-bioconda-recipes
deleted file mode 160000
index d3a7205..0000000
--- a/auto-updated-bioconda-recipes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit d3a720566fbbc63e32571ade8d643a6f6b1a4e25