diff --git a/doc/development/setup.rst b/doc/development/setup.rst
index e00844beee..0d842ddcbd 100644
--- a/doc/development/setup.rst
+++ b/doc/development/setup.rst
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ The development setup
 
 Obtain a copy of the source code
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-Just clone our git repository including its submodules::
+You can just clone our git repository::
 
-    git clone --recursive https://github.com/pretix/pretix.git
+    git clone https://github.com/pretix/pretix.git
     cd pretix/
 
 External Dependencies