diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "evmjit"]
+	path = evmjit
+	url = ../evmjit
+	branch = develop
diff --git a/evmjit b/evmjit
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+Subproject commit 49b82cdbac09c3c2058e0b4326645e5da37f7133