diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 56d68671a..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# This is on a fork only for the following commit:
-# https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/commit/1a971d867d6fa5bf6dc57d705dcbbc6020031e7a
-# which fixes a dumb compile error.
-# When tracy publishes something > v0.10, please upgrade to that instead.
-[submodule "cbits/tracy"]
-	path = cbits/tracy
-	url = https://github.com/tomsmeding/tracy.git
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
index f0f06bfb3..4285dfa9f 100755
--- a/Setup.hs
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ preConfHook args config_flags = do
       debugging = fromMaybe False $ lookupFlagAssignment (mkFlagName "debug") (configConfigurationsFlags config_flags)
 
   when debugging $ do
+    dieNoVerbosity $ "In this version of Accelerate, debug mode is disabled to \
+                     \prevent problems with cabal on Windows. The problems will\
+                     \be fixed in Cabal 3.14, which is not yet released."
+
     yes <- doesFileExist "cbits/tracy/public/TracyClient.cpp"
     if yes
       then
diff --git a/cbits/tracy b/cbits/tracy
deleted file mode 160000
index 821ef62c1..000000000
--- a/cbits/tracy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 821ef62c1db9a11231bf216a30b1ebfaedfe2244