diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 019644f..144bf7f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "pentadactyl/external/pentadactyl-solarized"]
 	path = pentadactyl/external/pentadactyl-solarized
 	url = https://github.com/claytron/pentadactyl-solarized
-[submodule "awesome/lain"]
-	path = awesome/lain
-	url = https://github.com/copycat-killer/lain
diff --git a/awesome/lain b/awesome/lain
deleted file mode 160000
index 27ebd0a..0000000
--- a/awesome/lain
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 27ebd0a30d9634ea403a4c9f3c2139c2498faaea
diff --git a/awesome/lain_patch.diff b/awesome/lain_patch.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24e0ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awesome/lain_patch.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/layout/centerfair.lua b/layout/centerfair.lua
+index 5022726..5c63cfa 100644
+--- a/layout/centerfair.lua
++++ b/layout/centerfair.lua
+@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ function centerfair.arrange(p)
+     if #cls < num_x
+     then
+         -- Less clients than the number of columns, let's center it!
++        if #cls == 1 then width = width * 1.5 end
+         local offset_x = wa.x + (wa.width - #cls*width - (#cls - 1)*useless_gap) / 2
+         local g = {}
+         g.y = wa.y + useless_gap