diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index cdb7ab500..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "src/Symfony/Component/Process"]
-	path = src/Symfony/Component/Process
-	url = http://github.com/symfony/Process.git
-[submodule "src/Symfony/Component/Finder"]
-	path = src/Symfony/Component/Finder
-	url = http://github.com/symfony/Finder.git
-[submodule "src/Symfony/Component/Config"]
-	path = src/Symfony/Component/Config
-	url = http://github.com/symfony/Config.git
-[submodule "src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader"]
-	path = src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader
-	url = http://github.com/symfony/ClassLoader.git
-[submodule "src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit"]
-	path = src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit
-	url = http://github.com/symfony/BrowserKit.git
-[submodule "src/Symfony/Component/Console"]
-	path = src/Symfony/Component/Console
-	url = https://github.com/symfony/Console.git
diff --git a/bin/composer b/bin/composer
index 41ac07b53..e8c7237b6 100755
--- a/bin/composer
+++ b/bin/composer
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
-require __DIR__.'/../tests/bootstrap.php';
+if (!@include __DIR__.'/../vendor/.composer/autoload.php') {
+    die('You must set up the project dependencies, run the following commands:
+wget http://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
+php composer.phar install
+');
+}
 
 use Composer\Composer;
 use Composer\Installer;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit b/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit
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--- a/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fd0cb960f526238bad7dc28fee24ba91d6858e06
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader b/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader
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-Subproject commit c00f87add0823f8f71c4f572595152bf7b2b2daf
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config b/src/Symfony/Component/Config
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-Subproject commit 7e4fecbf8a592268f94704deb6c8ab0f3345af90
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console b/src/Symfony/Component/Console
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-Subproject commit 20df560af4faa32b0925029f46ecf0ecdc435728
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder
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--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 83d148b10f3acf2a1d1cc427386a1d3d1a125206
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process b/src/Symfony/Component/Process
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-Subproject commit 83186a5f106f33c1c8f8163eef5860ac64ad7679