diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "src/cpp/leveldb"]
-	path = src/cpp/leveldb
-	url = https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/
diff --git a/src/cpp/leveldb b/src/cpp/leveldb
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-Subproject commit 514c943a8e9ce1b06c55ae5e47008f6b0854b36c