diff --git a/src/cmd/go/vcs.go b/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
index f7c34de..df37c1a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
@@ -383,9 +383,6 @@ func (v *vcsCmd) ping(scheme, repo string) error {
 // The parent of dir must exist; dir must not.
 func (v *vcsCmd) create(dir, repo string) error {
    for _, cmd := range v.createCmd {
-               if strings.Contains(cmd, "submodule") {
-                       continue
-               }
            if err := v.run(".", cmd, "dir", dir, "repo", repo); err != nil {
                    return err
            }
@@ -396,9 +393,6 @@ func (v *vcsCmd) create(dir, repo string) error {
 // download downloads any new changes for the repo in dir.
 func (v *vcsCmd) download(dir string) error {
    for _, cmd := range v.downloadCmd {
-               if strings.Contains(cmd, "submodule") {
-                       continue
-               }
            if err := v.run(dir, cmd); err != nil {
                    return err
            }
@@ -445,9 +439,6 @@ func (v *vcsCmd) tagSync(dir, tag string) error {

    if tag == "" && v.tagSyncDefault != nil {
            for _, cmd := range v.tagSyncDefault {
-                       if strings.Contains(cmd, "submodule") {
-                               continue
-                       }
                    if err := v.run(dir, cmd); err != nil {
                            return err
                    }
@@ -456,9 +447,6 @@ func (v *vcsCmd) tagSync(dir, tag string) error {
    }

    for _, cmd := range v.tagSyncCmd {
-               if strings.Contains(cmd, "submodule") {
-                       continue
-               }
            if err := v.run(dir, cmd, "tag", tag); err != nil {
                    return err
            }