diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "build-simde/simde"]
+	path = build-simde/simde
+	url = https://github.com/simd-everywhere/simde.git
+[submodule "simde"]
+	path = simde
+	url = https://github.com/simd-everywhere/simde.git
diff --git a/simde b/simde
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+Subproject commit aae22459fa284e9fc2b7d4b8e4571afa0418125f