diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a928e9b14..af96cdf0e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "wapm-cli"]
 	path = wapm-cli
 	url = https://github.com/wasmerio/wapm-cli.git
-[submodule "lib/clif-backend/cranelift"]
-	path = lib/clif-backend/cranelift
-	url = https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift
-	branch = wasmer
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f702993b..6c0f20fb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -245,20 +245,21 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-bforest"
 version = "0.31.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780#2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780"
 dependencies = [
- "cranelift-entity 0.31.0",
+ "cranelift-entity 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-codegen"
 version = "0.31.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780#2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780"
 dependencies = [
- "cranelift-bforest 0.31.0",
- "cranelift-codegen-meta 0.31.0",
- "cranelift-entity 0.31.0",
+ "cranelift-bforest 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
+ "cranelift-codegen-meta 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
+ "cranelift-entity 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
  "failure 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "failure_derive 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "hashmap_core 0.1.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "target-lexicon 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -266,20 +267,22 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-codegen-meta"
 version = "0.31.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780#2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780"
 dependencies = [
- "cranelift-entity 0.31.0",
+ "cranelift-entity 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-entity"
 version = "0.31.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780#2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-frontend"
 version = "0.31.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780#2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780"
 dependencies = [
- "cranelift-codegen 0.31.0",
- "hashmap_core 0.1.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "target-lexicon 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -287,8 +290,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-native"
 version = "0.31.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780#2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780"
 dependencies = [
- "cranelift-codegen 0.31.0",
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
  "raw-cpuid 6.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "target-lexicon 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -296,16 +300,14 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-wasm"
 version = "0.31.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780#2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780"
 dependencies = [
- "cranelift-codegen 0.31.0",
- "cranelift-entity 0.31.0",
- "cranelift-frontend 0.31.0",
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
+ "cranelift-entity 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
+ "cranelift-frontend 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
  "failure 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "failure_derive 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "hashmap_core 0.1.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "target-lexicon 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "wabt 0.7.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wasmparser 0.32.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -548,16 +550,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde 1.0.92 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "hashmap_core"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1449,11 +1441,11 @@ name = "wasmer-clif-backend"
 version = "0.5.4"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder 1.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "cranelift-codegen 0.31.0",
- "cranelift-entity 0.31.0",
- "cranelift-frontend 0.31.0",
- "cranelift-native 0.31.0",
- "cranelift-wasm 0.31.0",
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
+ "cranelift-entity 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
+ "cranelift-frontend 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
+ "cranelift-native 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
+ "cranelift-wasm 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)",
  "hashbrown 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.57 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "nix 0.13.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1669,9 +1661,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "wasmparser"
 version = "0.32.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "hashbrown 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
@@ -1768,6 +1757,13 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum colored 1.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6cdb90b60f2927f8d76139c72dbde7e10c3a2bc47c8594c9c7a66529f2687c03"
 "checksum constant_time_eq 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8ff012e225ce166d4422e0e78419d901719760f62ae2b7969ca6b564d1b54a9e"
+"checksum cranelift-bforest 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)" = "<none>"
+"checksum cranelift-codegen 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)" = "<none>"
+"checksum cranelift-codegen-meta 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)" = "<none>"
+"checksum cranelift-entity 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)" = "<none>"
+"checksum cranelift-frontend 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)" = "<none>"
+"checksum cranelift-native 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)" = "<none>"
+"checksum cranelift-wasm 0.31.0 (git+https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git?rev=2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780)" = "<none>"
 "checksum criterion 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0363053954f3e679645fc443321ca128b7b950a6fe288cf5f9335cc22ee58394"
 "checksum criterion-plot 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "76f9212ddf2f4a9eb2d401635190600656a1f88a932ef53d06e7fa4c7e02fb8e"
 "checksum crossbeam-deque 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f739f8c5363aca78cfb059edf753d8f0d36908c348f3d8d1503f03d8b75d9cf3"
@@ -1793,8 +1789,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum glob 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8be18de09a56b60ed0edf84bc9df007e30040691af7acd1c41874faac5895bfb"
 "checksum goblin 0.0.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "84473a5302fa5094d3d9911c2f312f522f9a37462a777f195f63fae1bf7faf4d"
 "checksum hashbrown 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3bae29b6653b3412c2e71e9d486db9f9df5d701941d86683005efb9f2d28e3da"
-"checksum hashbrown 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e1de41fb8dba9714efd92241565cdff73f78508c95697dd56787d3cba27e2353"
-"checksum hashmap_core 0.1.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8e04cb7a5051270ef3fa79f8c7604d581ecfa73d520e74f554e45541c4b5881a"
 "checksum heck 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "20564e78d53d2bb135c343b3f47714a56af2061f1c928fdb541dc7b9fdd94205"
 "checksum hex 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "805026a5d0141ffc30abb3be3173848ad46a1b1664fe632428479619a3644d77"
 "checksum humantime 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3ca7e5f2e110db35f93b837c81797f3714500b81d517bf20c431b16d3ca4f114"
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml b/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
index b208933c6..dcfd081cd 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 wasmer-runtime-core = { path = "../runtime-core", version = "0.5.4" }
-cranelift-native = { path = "cranelift/cranelift-native", version = "0.31" }
-cranelift-codegen = { path = "cranelift/cranelift-codegen", version = "0.31" }
-cranelift-entity = { path = "cranelift/cranelift-entity", version = "0.31" }
-cranelift-frontend = { path = "cranelift/cranelift-frontend", version = "0.31" }
-cranelift-wasm = { path = "cranelift/cranelift-wasm", version = "0.31" }
+cranelift-native = { git = "https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git", rev = "2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780" }
+cranelift-codegen = { git = "https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git", rev = "2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780" }
+cranelift-entity = { git = "https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git", rev = "2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780" }
+cranelift-frontend = { git = "https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git", rev = "2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780" }
+cranelift-wasm = { git = "https://github.com/wasmerio/cranelift.git", rev = "2ada531d79b34a9e6c94c81f2615677e22d68780" }
 hashbrown = "0.1"
 target-lexicon = "0.4.0"
 wasmparser = "0.32.1"
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/cranelift b/lib/clif-backend/cranelift
deleted file mode 160000
index 19b19f171..000000000
--- a/lib/clif-backend/cranelift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 19b19f171cf4511660c5f2097af41a9b49774825