diff --git a/.husky/post-checkout b/.husky/post-checkout
deleted file mode 100644
index 42999882d9..0000000000
--- a/.husky/post-checkout
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Set the submodule.recurse configuration value to true
-git config submodule.recurse true
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d576a2c52..9ae860d3af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
     "submodules:load": "git submodule init && git submodule update && yarn && yarn bootstrap",
     "submodules:unload": "git submodule deinit --all"
   },
+  "hooks": {
+    "post-checkout": "git config submodule.recurse true"
+  },
   "workspaces": {
     "packages": [
       "packages/backend-core",