diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cdd3be7f4ee0e6f71ad3a8c931a9eb4f9a43f9c3..12d8df01c52b2fdd0785fe368d8145bd0ed4f5e1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "adaptive"]
-	path = adaptive
+	path = adaptive_repo
 	url = https://github.com/python-adaptive/adaptive/
diff --git a/adaptive b/adaptive_repo
similarity index 100%
rename from adaptive
rename to adaptive_repo