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 ## Building on Linux, macOS
 *Requires [CMake](https://cmake.org/download/), [Clang](https://releases.llvm.org/download.html) is recommended*
 ```
-make update && make patch && make host_release CC=clang CXX=clang++
+git submodule update --init
+make host_release CC=clang CXX=clang++
 ```
 
 ## Building on Windows
 *Requires [CMake](https://cmake.org/download/) and [PowerShell](https://github.com/powershell/powershell)*
 
 ```
+git submodule update --init
 . ./dist.ps1
 Build-Library -BuildType "Release" -Arch "Win32|x64|ARM|ARM64" -LanguageBinding "none|csharp"
 ```