diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 21301100..8e65213b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "docs/wiki"]
 	path = docs/wiki
 	url = https://github.com/BlackLight/platypush.wiki.git
-[submodule "platypush/backend/http/static/flag-icons"]
-	path = platypush/backend/http/static/flag-icons
-	url = https://github.com/BlackLight/flag-icon-css.git
 [submodule "platypush/plugins/gpio/sensor/ir/mlx90640/lib"]
 	path = platypush/plugins/camera/ir/mlx90640/lib
 	url = https://github.com/pimoroni/mlx90640-library
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/static/flag-icons b/platypush/backend/http/static/flag-icons
deleted file mode 160000
index c0465f4f..00000000
--- a/platypush/backend/http/static/flag-icons
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c0465f4f9ddfee44ad601e906ab541ac0ca4c57d
diff --git a/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media/index.html b/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media/index.html
index 40760f37..a88eedd7 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media/index.html
+++ b/platypush/backend/http/templates/plugins/media/index.html
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     {% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='flag-icons/css/flag-icon.css') }}">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BlackLight/flag-icon-css/master/css/flag-icon.css"
+   integrity="sha384-mPYV5+yeuQTJewx1+Wrw69srZ+G3vhAUzyFk0FStD8ndXBy3bJcrc15p9XJr7OBn" crossorigin="anonymous">
 
 <script type="text/x-template" id="tmpl-media">
     <div class="plugin media-plugin">