diff --git a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
index a84e9de..5613899 100755
--- a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
+++ b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
@@ -105,11 +105,8 @@ if $dorepoupdate; then
         no changes in local repo
         $MSC_GIT checkout ${PRE}${PRE:+/}${MSC_GIT_BRANCH}
 EOF
-        $SGIT checkout ${PRE}${PRE:+/}${MSC_GIT_BRANCH} 1>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}" 2>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}"|| { gitupdateend; exit 2; }
-        $SGIT merge FETCH_HEAD 1>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}" 2>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}"|| { gitupdateend; exit 3; }
-        if  ${dosubmodupdate:+false}; then
-            $SGIT submodule update --init --recursive
-        fi
+        $MSC_GIT checkout ${PRE}${PRE:+/}${MSC_GIT_BRANCH} 1>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}" 2>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}"|| { gitupdateend; exit 2; }
+        $MSC_GIT merge FETCH_HEAD 1>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}" 2>>"${MSC_LOGFILE}"|| { gitupdateend; exit 3; }
         touch $MSC_GIT_UPD_REPO_STATFILE
     else
         logwarning -n "    Lokale Änderungen festgestellt:"