diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0279b7f6..d477ec05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ local.properties
 # node.js
 #
 node_modules/
-npm-debug.log
+*.log
 
 # yarn
 yarn.lock
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index d2bd7459..00000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "ios/Vendor/SPTPersistentCache"]
-	path = ios/Vendor/SPTPersistentCache
-	url = https://github.com/spotify/SPTPersistentCache.git
-[submodule "ios/Vendor/DVAssetLoaderDelegate"]
-	path = ios/Vendor/DVAssetLoaderDelegate
-	url = https://github.com/vdugnist/DVAssetLoaderDelegate.git
diff --git a/ios/Vendor/DVAssetLoaderDelegate b/ios/Vendor/DVAssetLoaderDelegate
deleted file mode 160000
index bf88bc76..00000000
--- a/ios/Vendor/DVAssetLoaderDelegate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit bf88bc7659144c45ffa3592832d3608ac87cc57e
diff --git a/ios/Vendor/SPTPersistentCache b/ios/Vendor/SPTPersistentCache
deleted file mode 160000
index 740053c3..00000000
--- a/ios/Vendor/SPTPersistentCache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 740053c30923d5bc71d9b7ee011b7f5aeae15cf4
diff --git a/react-native-video.podspec b/react-native-video.podspec
index 5edb6569..d6727356 100644
--- a/react-native-video.podspec
+++ b/react-native-video.podspec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.license      = "MIT"
 
-  s.ios.deployment_target = "7.0"
+  s.ios.deployment_target = "8.0"
   s.tvos.deployment_target = "9.0"
 
   s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/brentvatne/react-native-video.git", :tag => "#{s.version}" }
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.source_files  = "ios/*.{h,m}"
 
   s.dependency "React"
+  s.dependency "SPTPersistentCache", "1.1.0"
+  s.dependency "DVAssetLoaderDelegate", "0.3.1"
 end