diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 016f428f1c..0000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "src/knex-schema-inspector"]
-	path = src/knex-schema-inspector
-	url = git@github.com:knex/knex-schema-inspector.git
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index eca7777a6c..b059767763 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "directus",
-  "version": "0.1.0-preview.5",
+  "version": "0.1.0-preview.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -3915,6 +3915,11 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "knex-schema-inspector": {
+      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/knex-schema-inspector/-/knex-schema-inspector-0.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NlZWd+24zUeu1mFM00DqnZE9OzLURhXrGfVcwIk3h1MB+rpEKrUM0N2b0V36pk+VKAlf+HKb2JnGrwK+/Lmzew=="
+    },
     "levn": {
       "version": "0.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/levn/-/levn-0.4.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cac36d2209..e92d3c4449 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "joi": "^17.1.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
     "knex": "^0.21.1",
+    "knex-schema-inspector": "0.0.1",
     "liquidjs": "^9.14.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.19",
     "ms": "^2.1.2",
diff --git a/src/database/index.ts b/src/database/index.ts
index 040b39ada9..19f00bf014 100644
--- a/src/database/index.ts
+++ b/src/database/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import camelCase from 'camelcase';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import SchemaInspector from '../knex-schema-inspector/lib/index';
+import SchemaInspector from 'knex-schema-inspector';
 
 dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../', '.env') });
 
diff --git a/src/knex-schema-inspector b/src/knex-schema-inspector
deleted file mode 160000
index 93730fe1c1..0000000000
--- a/src/knex-schema-inspector
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 93730fe1c190f2f6ec7152f713fd2349c7dc42da
diff --git a/src/types/field.ts b/src/types/field.ts
index 0f75780e36..5c4f81bfd2 100644
--- a/src/types/field.ts
+++ b/src/types/field.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Column } from '../knex-schema-inspector/lib/types/column';
+import { Column } from 'knex-schema-inspector/lib/types/column';
 
 export const types = [
 	'bigInteger',