diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index f7e2530..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "vendor/protocol"]
-	path = vendor/protocol
-	url = git://github.com/faye/websocket-protocol-node.git
diff --git a/lib/faye/eventsource.js b/lib/faye/eventsource.js
index 2b4e596..9c7d077 100644
--- a/lib/faye/eventsource.js
+++ b/lib/faye/eventsource.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var Stream      = require('stream').Stream,
     util        = require('util'),
-    driver      = require('../../vendor/protocol/lib/websocket/driver'),
+    driver      = require('websocket-driver'),
     API         = require('./websocket/api'),
     EventTarget = require('./websocket/api/event_target'),
     Event       = require('./websocket/api/event');
diff --git a/lib/faye/websocket.js b/lib/faye/websocket.js
index 31e95b7..d6d9c5b 100644
--- a/lib/faye/websocket.js
+++ b/lib/faye/websocket.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // * http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#interface-event
 
 var util   = require('util'),
-    driver = require('../../vendor/protocol/lib/websocket/driver'),
+    driver = require('websocket-driver'),
     API    = require('./websocket/api');
 
 var WebSocket = function(request, socket, body, protocols, options) {
diff --git a/lib/faye/websocket/client.js b/lib/faye/websocket/client.js
index 43ac7c9..acfb1e4 100644
--- a/lib/faye/websocket/client.js
+++ b/lib/faye/websocket/client.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 var util   = require('util'),
     net    = require('net'),
     tls    = require('tls'),
-    driver = require('../../../vendor/protocol/lib/websocket/driver'),
+    driver = require('websocket-driver'),
     API    = require('./api');
 
 var Client = function(url, protocols, options) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a61244..3a50a5d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 , "version"         : "0.4.4"
 , "engines"         : {"node": ">=0.4.0"}
 , "main"            : "./lib/faye/websocket"
+, "dependencies"    : {"websocket-driver": ""}
 , "devDependencies" : {"jsclass": "", "pace": ""}
 
 , "scripts"         : {"test": "node spec/runner.js"}
diff --git a/vendor/protocol b/vendor/protocol
deleted file mode 160000
index aa25393..0000000
--- a/vendor/protocol
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit aa25393a6cab433f0e1e421bdc2457d710bcce63