diff --git a/switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean b/switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean
index 0171537..6313812 100755
--- a/switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean
+++ b/switch_all_submodules_to_head_and_clean
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ if [[ ! -e "$THISSCRIPT" ]]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ ! -z "`git status --porcelain --ignore-submodules`" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -z "`git status --porcelain`" ]]; then
 	git reset --hard HEAD
 	git clean -dxff
 fi
 git pull
-if [[ ! -z "`git status --porcelain --ignore-submodules`" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -z "`git status --porcelain`" ]]; then
 	git reset --hard HEAD
 	git clean -dxff
 fi
diff --git a/update_all_submodules b/update_all_submodules
index 8e6668f..498dcef 100755
--- a/update_all_submodules
+++ b/update_all_submodules
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ touch /var/lock/update-tde-git-submodules
 PARENTDIR=$PWD
 echo "Working in $PARENTDIR"
 git pull
-if [[ ! -z "`git status --porcelain --ignore-submodules`" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -z "`git status --porcelain`" ]]; then
 	git reset --hard HEAD
 	git clean -dxff
 fi
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ do
 			git submodule update
 		fi
 		cd $PARENTDIR/$DIR2UPDATE
-		if [[ ! -z "`git status --porcelain --ignore-submodules`" ]]; then
+		if [[ ! -z "`git status --porcelain`" ]]; then
 			git reset --hard HEAD
 			git clean -dxff
 		fi