diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31074b0..eafe301 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ CTestTestfile.cmake
 
 # JetBrains
 .idea/
+
+# Intercept library
+vendor/intercept/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 02d091d..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "intercept"]
-	path = intercept
-	url = https://github.com/intercept/intercept.git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 960d5cb..4c3858b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.6)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
 
 #----Make changes here
 
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ project (template-plugin)
 #Enabling this results in better performance when handling strings to SQF commands.
 option(USE_ENGINE_TYPES "USE_ENGINE_TYPES" OFF)
 
+#Which version of Intercept to build against, branch/commit/tag
+set(INTERCEPT_VERSION "master")
+
 #----Don't change anything below this line
 
 option(USE_64BIT_BUILD "USE_64BIT_BUILD" OFF)
@@ -38,4 +41,14 @@ set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 
 set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Debug;Release" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
-add_subdirectory(src)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(src)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+# Download Intercept library to vendor folder
+ExternalProject_Add(
+        intercept
+        PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vendor/intercept
+        URL https://github.com/intercept/intercept/archive/${INTERCEPT_VERSION}.tar.gz
+		INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+)
diff --git a/intercept b/intercept
deleted file mode 160000
index f283e2f..0000000
--- a/intercept
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f283e2fd3ce1024e496c6c17eb27f81693f05ca8
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f686ce7..4a92d09 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ SOURCE_GROUP("src" FILES ${INTERCEPT_PLUGIN_SOURCES})
 #----Don't change anything below this line
 
 
-#include the Intercept headers from the submodule
-set(INTERCEPT_CLIENT_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/intercept/src/client")
+#include the Intercept headers from the vendored library
+set(INTERCEPT_CLIENT_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/intercept/src/intercept/src/client")
 
 set(INTERCEPT_INCLUDE_PATH "${INTERCEPT_CLIENT_PATH}/headers" "${INTERCEPT_CLIENT_PATH}/headers/shared" "${INTERCEPT_CLIENT_PATH}/headers/client/" "${INTERCEPT_CLIENT_PATH}/headers/client/sqf")