diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index b73e7f8..73f1b8f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ task :link_files do
   install_files(Dir.glob('ctags/*')) if want_to_install?('ctags config (better js/ruby support)')
   install_files(Dir.glob('tmux/*')) if want_to_install?('tmux config')
   install_files(Dir.glob('vimify/*')) if want_to_install?('vimification of command line tools')
+  run %{
+    git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
+  }
 end
 
 desc "Hook our dotfiles into system-standard positions."
diff --git a/tmux/tmux/plugins/tmux-sensible b/tmux/tmux/plugins/tmux-sensible
deleted file mode 160000
index 526110e..0000000
--- a/tmux/tmux/plugins/tmux-sensible
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 526110eb9b60825d3276afba97ffa4cedb4b0ab9
diff --git a/tmux/tmux/plugins/tmux-yank b/tmux/tmux/plugins/tmux-yank
deleted file mode 160000
index feb9611..0000000
--- a/tmux/tmux/plugins/tmux-yank
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit feb9611b7d1c323ca54cd8a5111a53e3e8265b59
diff --git a/tmux/tmux/plugins/tpm b/tmux/tmux/plugins/tpm
deleted file mode 160000
index c8ac32a..0000000
--- a/tmux/tmux/plugins/tpm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c8ac32a085d382c43190bda4fb5972e531f501fd