diff --git a/scripts/collect.sh b/scripts/collect.sh
index 6433c83..83fc092 100755
--- a/scripts/collect.sh
+++ b/scripts/collect.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cd plutosdr-fw
-git diff > ../patches/fw.diff
+git diff --ignore-submodules > ../patches/fw.diff
 cd hdl
 git diff > ../../patches/hdl.diff
 cd ../linux