diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 448d7bf..f8d1960 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "python/dateregex"]
-	path = python/dateregex
-	url = git@github.com:victal/dateregex.git
+	path = syntax/python/dateregex
+	url = https://github.com/victal/dateregex.git
diff --git a/python/dateregex b/python/dateregex
deleted file mode 160000
index 7db2e6c..0000000
--- a/python/dateregex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 7db2e6ca018b579e5964566d0aa6dad4f97cea9d
diff --git a/python/todo.py b/python/todo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c6251b2..0000000
--- a/python/todo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import vim
-import os
-import sys
-from datetime import date
-
-dateregex_dir = os.path.join(vim.eval('s:script_dir'), 'dateregex')
-if os.path.isdir(dateregex_dir):
-    sys.path.insert(0, dateregex_dir)
-
-def add_due_date_syntax_highlight():
-    try: 
-        from dateregex import regex_date_before
-    except ImportError:
-        print("dateregex module not found. Overdue dates won't be highlighted")
-        return 
-
-    regex = regex_date_before(date.today())
-    regex = r'(^|<)due:%s(>|$)' % regex
-
-    vim.command("syntax match OverDueDate '\\v%s'" % regex)
-    vim.command("highlight  default  link  OverDueDate       Error")
-
-add_due_date_syntax_highlight()
diff --git a/syntax/todo.vim b/syntax/todo.vim
index 4b48bc2..2d9e6b8 100644
--- a/syntax/todo.vim
+++ b/syntax/todo.vim
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ highlight  default  link  TodoContext    Special
 
 if has('python')
     let b:curdir = expand('<sfile>:p:h')
-    let s:script_dir = b:curdir . "/../python/"
-    execute "pyfile " . b:curdir . "/../python/todo.py"
+    let s:script_dir = b:curdir . "/python/"
+    execute "pyfile " . s:script_dir. "todo.py"
 else
     echom "Your version of vim has no python support. Overdue dates won't be highlighted"
 endif