diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cba7d20935..5b7b73fa0c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-[submodule "vcpkg"]
-	path = vcpkg
-	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
 [submodule "ThirdParty/qwt"]
 	path = ThirdParty/qwt
 	url = https://github.com/CeetronSolutions/qwt.git
+[submodule "ThirdParty/vcpkg"]
+	path = ThirdParty/vcpkg
+	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
diff --git a/ThirdParty/vcpkg b/ThirdParty/vcpkg
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..56fffbe49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ThirdParty/vcpkg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 56fffbe49dfb4dd8fae0940f272c5fd2b86be991
diff --git a/vcpkg b/vcpkg
deleted file mode 160000
index 6282cab61d..0000000000
--- a/vcpkg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6282cab61d175974b1af06473db584b9b80dcd48