diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3f8e8a159..af9b2f0f0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	path = project/lib/sdl
 	url = https://github.com/openfl/native-sdl
 [submodule "project/lib/openal"]
-	path = project/lib/openal/
+	path = project/lib/openal
 	url = https://github.com/openfl/native-openal
 [submodule "project/lib/curl"]
 	path = project/lib/curl