diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f33d9430f54..a627e522d8f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "homeassistant/external/pywemo"]
-	path = homeassistant/external/pywemo
-	url = https://github.com/balloob/pywemo.git
 [submodule "homeassistant/external/noop"]
 	path = homeassistant/external/noop
 	url = https://github.com/balloob/noop.git
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/switch/wemo.py b/homeassistant/components/switch/wemo.py
index eb55e0662b7..33f5f03799b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/switch/wemo.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/switch/wemo.py
@@ -12,17 +12,8 @@ from homeassistant.components.switch import SwitchDevice
 # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices_callback, discovery_info=None):
     """ Find and return WeMo switches. """
-    try:
-        # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, import-error
-        import homeassistant.external.pywemo.pywemo as pywemo
-        import homeassistant.external.pywemo.pywemo.discovery as discovery
-    except ImportError:
-        logging.getLogger(__name__).exception((
-            "Failed to import pywemo. "
-            "Did you maybe not run `git submodule init` "
-            "and `git submodule update`?"))
-
-        return
+    import pywemo
+    import pywemo.discovery as discovery
 
     if discovery_info is not None:
         device = discovery.device_from_description(discovery_info)
diff --git a/homeassistant/external/pywemo b/homeassistant/external/pywemo
deleted file mode 160000
index ca94e41faa4..00000000000
--- a/homeassistant/external/pywemo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ca94e41faa48c783f600a2efd550c6b7dae01b0d
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e601614bb96..e910ffba95f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -82,3 +82,6 @@ pynetgear>=0.1
 
 # Netdisco (discovery)
 netdisco>=0.1
+
+# Wemo (switch.wemo)
+pywemo>=0.1