diff --git a/global-jjb b/global-jjb
index f56fb39..59af00a 160000
--- a/global-jjb
+++ b/global-jjb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f56fb3983c20cf5256a544350ac7f7eced1a0045
+Subproject commit 59af00afa9923c744db50cd105f9bb27b7356aaa
diff --git a/jjb/global-templates-c.yaml b/jjb/global-templates-c.yaml
index 4669e82..40c5170 100644
--- a/jjb/global-templates-c.yaml
+++ b/jjb/global-templates-c.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
     branch: master
     submodule-recursive: true
+    submodule-disable: false
     submodule-timeout: 10
 
     #####################
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
           refspec: '$GERRIT_REFSPEC'
           branch: '$GERRIT_BRANCH'
           submodule-recursive: '{submodule-recursive}'
+          submodule-disable: '{submodule-disable}'
           submodule-timeout: '{submodule-timeout}'
           choosing-strategy: default