diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ad2f17c682..6c1c2e5f3a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 	url = https://github.com/PowerShell/psl-pester.git
 	branch = develop
 	ignore = dirty
+[submodule "src/libpsl-native/test/googletest"]
+	path = src/libpsl-native/test/googletest
+	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
+	ignore = dirty
diff --git a/src/libpsl-native/.gitmodules b/src/libpsl-native/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cdedd8478..0000000000
--- a/src/libpsl-native/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "test/googletest"]
-	path = test/googletest
-	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-	ignore = dirty