diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 636d38b08..97704d170 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 project('nix-dev-shell', 'cpp',
   version : files('.version'),
+  subproject_dir : 'src',
   default_options : [
     'localstatedir=/nix/var',
   ]
diff --git a/subprojects b/subprojects
deleted file mode 120000
index e8310385c..000000000
--- a/subprojects
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-src
\ No newline at end of file