diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c29cd41..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "resources/Menlo-for-Powerline"]
-	path = resources/Menlo-for-Powerline
-	url = https://github.com/abertsch/Menlo-for-Powerline.git
-[submodule "resources/powerline-consolas"]
-	path = resources/powerline-consolas
-	url = https://github.com/nicolalamacchia/powerline-consolas.git
diff --git a/resources/Menlo-for-Powerline b/resources/Menlo-for-Powerline
deleted file mode 160000
index 07e91f6..0000000
--- a/resources/Menlo-for-Powerline
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 07e91f66786b3755d99dcfe52b436cf1c2355f38
diff --git a/resources/powerline-consolas b/resources/powerline-consolas
deleted file mode 160000
index fe97c6d..0000000
--- a/resources/powerline-consolas
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fe97c6dda5996ba6cfd00bdb82c8211e4ac2a544
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 7ed9966..f48e479 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -76,8 +76,20 @@ set nocompatible
     highlight link taskpaperCancelled     Comment
     highlight link taskpaperComment       Normal
 
-    let g:airline_theme="solarized"
-    let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
+    if !exists('g:airline_symbols')
+        let g:airline_symbols = {}
+    endif
+    let g:airline_left_sep = ' '
+    let g:airline_right_sep = ' '
+    let g:airline_left_alt_sep = ''
+    let g:airline_right_alt_sep = ''
+    let g:airline_symbols.crypt = '☢'
+    let g:airline_symbols.paste = 'Ⓟ'
+    let g:airline_symbols.spell = '✔'
+    let g:airline_symbols.branch = '⎇'
+    let g:airline_symbols.readonly = ' ⃠'
+    let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '␤'
+    let g:airline_symbols.whitespace = '✗'
 
     colorscheme solarized
     filetype plugin indent on
@@ -152,3 +164,4 @@ augroup vimrc " {{{
 augroup END " }}}
 
 if filereadable(expand("~/.vimrc.local")) | source ~/.vimrc.local | endif
+