diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a3d91e0..051e7c9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -17,16 +17,6 @@
 [submodule "third-party/pytlsd"]
 	path = third-party/pytlsd
 	url = https://github.com/iago-suarez/pytlsd.git
-[submodule "third-party/pytlbd"]
-	path = third-party/pytlbd
-	url = https://github.com/iago-suarez/pytlbd.git
-[submodule "third-party/hawp"]
-	path = third-party/hawp
-	url = https://github.com/cherubicXN/hawp.git
-	ignore = dirty
-[submodule "third-party/TP-LSD"]
-	path = third-party/TP-LSD
-	url = https://github.com/rpautrat/TP-LSD.git
 [submodule "third-party/DeepLSD"]
 	path = third-party/DeepLSD
 	url = https://github.com/cvg/DeepLSD.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06a0bbb..5302048 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ If you wish to use the methods with **separate installation needed** you need to
 **The following line detectors are currently supported:**
 - [LSD](https://github.com/iago-suarez/pytlsd)
 - [SOLD2](https://github.com/cvg/SOLD2)
-- [HAWPv3](https://github.com/cherubicXN/hawp)
+- [HAWP](https://github.com/cherubicXN/hawp) (separate installation needed [[Guide](misc/install/hawpv3.md)])
 - [TP-LSD](https://github.com/Siyuada7/TP-LSD) (separate installation needed [[Guide](misc/install/tp_lsd.md)]) 
 - [DeepLSD](https://github.com/cvg/DeepLSD)
 
diff --git a/misc/install/hawpv3.md b/misc/install/hawpv3.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1c04ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/install/hawpv3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## HAWP installation
+
+```bash
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/cherubicXN/hawp.git ./third-party/hawp
+python -m pip install -e ./third-party/hawp
+```
+
+Since HAWP (original link: [https://github.com/cherubicXN/hawp](https://github.com/cherubicXN/hawp)) is still under active development and we do not want to block the user from using the newest version, it is now listed as a separate dependency.
diff --git a/misc/install/lbd.md b/misc/install/lbd.md
index 4a3bc1a..9207805 100644
--- a/misc/install/lbd.md
+++ b/misc/install/lbd.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev libopencv-contrib-dev libarpack++2-dev libarp
 ```
 Then install the pytlbd Python package from [Iago Suárez](https://github.com/iago-suarez)
 ```bash
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/iago-suarez/pytlbd.git ./third-party/pytlbd
 python -m pip install -e ./third-party/pytlbd
 ```
 The LBD is listed as a dependency with separate installation to avoid the OpenCV dependency. When using the LBD matcher inside LIMAP, please use the parallelization with ``--line2d.matcher.n_jobs 8`` (8 cores, you can use even more CPU cores if applicable). 
diff --git a/misc/install/tp_lsd.md b/misc/install/tp_lsd.md
index f56b52a..0df6738 100644
--- a/misc/install/tp_lsd.md
+++ b/misc/install/tp_lsd.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## TP-LSD installation
 
 ```bash
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/rpautrat/TP-LSD.git ./third-party/TP-LSD
 python -m pip install -e ./third-party/TP-LSD/tp_lsd/modeling/DCNv2
 python -m pip install -e ./third-party/TP-LSD
 ```
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ebd63c7..f1ae3d9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ ruff==0.6.7
 clang-format==19.1.0
 
 ./third-party/pytlsd
-./third-party/hawp
 -e ./third-party/Hierarchical-Localization
 -e ./third-party/DeepLSD
 -e ./third-party/GlueStick
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-Subproject commit 555805033e705ed6bfbf4d691528681bf4ae6706
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-Subproject commit 45bd43f704fc6252d88e06ba19d379b7a5753785
diff --git a/third-party/pytlbd b/third-party/pytlbd
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