diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6092f1226c3..5e99cedfcb8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 	path = Tribler/Core/DecentralizedTracking/pymdht
 	url = https://github.com/devos50/pymdht.git
 [submodule "Tribler/community/TriblerProtobufSerialization"]
-	path = Tribler/community/serializer
+	path = Tribler/community/TriblerProtobufSerialization
 	url = https://github.com/qstokkink/TriblerProtobufSerialization.git
diff --git a/Tribler/community/TriblerProtobufSerialization b/Tribler/community/TriblerProtobufSerialization
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..a9184747507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tribler/community/TriblerProtobufSerialization
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a91847475077e3b76c77b26d0b905562e1f2ad53
diff --git a/Tribler/community/basecommunity.py b/Tribler/community/basecommunity.py
index 25720e57664..ea30c99e285 100644
--- a/Tribler/community/basecommunity.py
+++ b/Tribler/community/basecommunity.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 
-from Tribler.community.serializer.serializer import Serializer
+from Tribler.community.TriblerProtobufSerialization.serializer import Serializer
 from Tribler.dispersy.authentication import NoAuthentication, MemberAuthentication, DoubleMemberAuthentication
 from Tribler.dispersy.community import Community
 from Tribler.dispersy.conversion import DefaultConversion, BinaryConversion
diff --git a/Tribler/community/serializer b/Tribler/community/serializer
deleted file mode 160000
index 44fa0cd7944..00000000000
--- a/Tribler/community/serializer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 44fa0cd7944d8206ec570110efeeea53e30a5437