diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "submodules/federation-demo"]
-	path = dockerfiles/federation-demo/federation-demo
-	url = https://github.com/apollographql/federation-demo.git
-
-[submodule "federation2-demo"]
-	path = dockerfiles/federation2-demo
-	url = https://github.com/apollographql/supergraph-demo-fed2.git
diff --git a/dockerfiles/federation-demo/.dockerignore b/dockerfiles/federation-demo/.dockerignore
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-**/node_modules
diff --git a/dockerfiles/federation-demo/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/federation-demo/Dockerfile
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-FROM node:16-alpine
-
-ADD federation-demo/package.json federation-demo/package-lock.json federation-demo/lerna.json /src/
-
-WORKDIR /src
-RUN npm install
-
-ADD federation-demo /src
diff --git a/dockerfiles/federation-demo/federation-demo b/dockerfiles/federation-demo/federation-demo
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-Subproject commit 56a6c41e8b5177658640df2a4c1a29eca470802a
diff --git a/dockerfiles/federation2-demo b/dockerfiles/federation2-demo
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-Subproject commit dbc625a30fd3f0f19a18a85a9a6118c0c85a15e3