diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index dd4d89d90b19..bebfdf609860 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -89,4 +89,3 @@
 [submodule "src/linkmgrd"]
 	path = src/linkmgrd
 	url = https://github.com/Azure/sonic-linkmgrd.git
-	branch = 202012
diff --git a/src/linkmgrd b/src/linkmgrd
index ca4b9a15674e..9fe4fc6332b7 160000
--- a/src/linkmgrd
+++ b/src/linkmgrd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ca4b9a15674e175b94e9ce4640cab50410b947b1
+Subproject commit 9fe4fc6332b7ca0cff70ca6fc4dbe59f21975034