diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "third_party/grpc-c"]
+	path = third_party/grpc-c
+	url = https://github.com/shadansari/grpc-c.git
diff --git a/third_party/grpc-c b/third_party/grpc-c
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+Subproject commit 353b40cd920cd749ed6cf71f8df17f1d5cf2c89d