diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 08481f317..51f34f951 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "third-party/fmt"]
-	path = third-party/fmt
-	url = https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git
-	shallow = true
 [submodule "third-party/magic_enum"]
 	path = third-party/magic_enum
 	url = https://github.com/Neargye/magic_enum.git
@@ -47,4 +43,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/sdl3"]
 	path = externals/sdl3
 	url = https://github.com/shadps4-emu/ext-SDL.git
-
+[submodule "externals/fmt"]
+	path = externals/fmt
+	url = https://github.com/shadps4-emu/ext-fmt.git
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e4e201f2..f70298fd7 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ if (MSVC)
     add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()
 
+# fmtlib
+add_subdirectory(fmt EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 # Discord-RPC
 set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "")
 add_subdirectory(discord-rpc EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/externals/fmt b/externals/fmt
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..aa52eb765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/fmt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit aa52eb765dec0eb67fab4b035a4a05b82346c8f5
diff --git a/third-party/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
index 8acf2406f..012b8bbc8 100644
--- a/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ if (MSVC)
     add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()
 
-# fmtlib
-add_subdirectory(fmt EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-
 # MagicEnum
 add_subdirectory(magic_enum EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
diff --git a/third-party/fmt b/third-party/fmt
deleted file mode 160000
index 8e42eef49..000000000
--- a/third-party/fmt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8e42eef4950feb5d2b76574a9cd2591dfaae2449