diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 15767bd99..4434243b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
       - name: Configure Git User Details
         run: git config --global user.email "actions@github.com" && git config --global user.name "Github Actions"
-      - name: build paperweight
-        run: ./build_paperweight.sh
       - name: Apply Patches
         run: ./gradlew applyAllPatches --stacktrace
       - name: Build
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fd5230fd..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "paperweight"]
-	path = paperweight
-	url = https://github.com/PaperMC/paperweight.git
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 02c064290..7885043ce 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
 
 plugins {
     java // TODO java launcher tasks
-    id("io.papermc.paperweight.patcher") version "2.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+    id("io.papermc.paperweight.patcher") version "2.0.0-beta.8"
 }
 
 paperweight {
     upstreams.register("fork") {
         repo = github("PaperMC", "paperweight-examples")
-        ref = "184e014d658a973f587340a94309c9ddfe8ee52c"
+        ref = "07763ce642eb166043ab1acc34cbee91a80976f7"
 
         patchFile {
             path = "fork-server/build.gradle.kts"
diff --git a/build_paperweight.sh b/build_paperweight.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7a77305f1..000000000
--- a/build_paperweight.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -eou pipefail
-git submodule update --init --recursive
-cd paperweight
-./gradlew pTML
diff --git a/paperweight b/paperweight
deleted file mode 160000
index e8ebbf244..000000000
--- a/paperweight
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit e8ebbf2449eb294705d370d9485b26091c21f91b