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 ## How to build the code
 
-Since this repository contains `haystack-idl` as a submodule, you must use the following command line to clone the repository:
-
-```
-git clone git@github.com:ExpediaDotCom/haystack-client-java.git .
-```
-
 ### Prerequisites
 
 * Make sure you have Java 1.8
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 7. Now you have to *put back* the -SNAPSHOT that you removed in step 2. When you do that, bump the `z` value to `z + 1`
 to minimize the chance of somebody trying to release on top of the x.y.z version you just released. Note that the next
 release might not use `x.y.z+1`; it could instead be `x.y+1.0` or `x+1.0.0`
-8. Create another pull request with the change from step 7 and get it merged.
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+8. Create another pull request with the change from step 7 and get it merged.