diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c1d4e888..b27cd7ff 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "rd-submodules/citra"]
 	path = rd-submodules/citra
 	url = https://github.com/flathub/org.citra_emu.citra.git
+[submodule "rd-submodules/primehack"]
+	path = rd-submodules/primehack
+	url = https://github.com/flathub/io.github.shiiion.primehack
diff --git a/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml b/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
index 77faaf34..4213083f 100644
--- a/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
+++ b/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
@@ -744,12 +744,10 @@ modules:
       # in non-writable paths, typically happens when a user
       # has leftover files from a previous non-flatpak install
       - type: patch
-        path: detectflatpak.patch
+        path: rd-submodules/primehack/detectflatpak.patch
       # version strings must match exactly for online multiplayer
       - type: patch
-        path: nodirtyversion.patch
-      - type: file
-        path: appdata.xml
+        path: rd-submodules/primehack/nodirtyversion.patch
       - type: script
         commands:
           - for i in {0..9}; do
diff --git a/rd-submodules/primehack b/rd-submodules/primehack
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..6bdab1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rd-submodules/primehack
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6bdab1bbeb3e42d832af31f94725836bfa101072