diff --git a/src/main/xml/exts/npm.xml b/src/main/xml/exts/npm.xml
index 14e2b3e..9014da5 100644
--- a/src/main/xml/exts/npm.xml
+++ b/src/main/xml/exts/npm.xml
@@ -196,10 +196,6 @@
             <arg value="${-npm:in-root}" />
         </exec>
 
-        <exec executable="${commons.executable.make}" dir="${-npm:in-root}" failonerror="true" >
-            <arg value="submodules" />
-        </exec>
-
         <exec executable="${commons.executable.make}" dir="${-npm:in-root}" failonerror="true" >
             <arg value="doc" />
         </exec>
diff --git a/src/main/xml/exts/phplint.xml b/src/main/xml/exts/phplint.xml
index 8e4e8e8..1b80139 100644
--- a/src/main/xml/exts/phplint.xml
+++ b/src/main/xml/exts/phplint.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
             <arg value="-l" />
             <fileset dir="${commons.srcdir.php}" erroronmissingdir="false">
                 <include name="**/*.php" />
+                <exclude name="**/vendor/**" />
                 <modified>
                     <param name="cache.cachefile" value="${phplint.cachefile}" />
                 </modified>
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
                 <exclude name="**/_code/**" />
                 <exclude name="**/_fixture/**" />
                 <exclude name="**/_fixtures/**" />
+                <exclude name="**/vendor/**" />
                 <modified>
                     <param name="cache.cachefile" value="${phplint.cachefile}" />
                 </modified>