diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 41cf31d9cfcf85de99569ea131c3f367e68a3436..cfb9c17ec10831bddac19f06ec5dd51bc00afed8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "loopy/target/c/compyte"]
 	path = loopy/target/c/compyte
-	url = https://github.com/inducer/compyte
+	url = https://github.com/inducer/compyte.git