diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 88296da1..2539f20c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[submodule "dependencies"]
-	path = dependencies
-	url = https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/dependencies.git
+[submodule "win32-deps"]
+	path = win32-deps
+	url = https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/win32-deps.git
 	branch = master
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c4720f06..2416cede 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if(GIT_FOUND AND WIN32)
     # Win32 deps submodule
     set(SUBMODULE_MANUAL_UPDATE FALSE)
 
-    if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git" AND NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/mingw-xaudio/include")
+    if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git" AND NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/mingw-xaudio/include")
         set(SUBMODULE_MANUAL_UPDATE TRUE)
         execute_process(
             COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" submodule update --init --remote --recursive
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if(GIT_FOUND AND WIN32)
         )
     endif()
 
-    if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/mingw-xaudio/include")
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/mingw-xaudio/include")
         if(NOT (SUBMODULE_MANUAL_UPDATE AND SUBMODULE_UPDATE_STATUS EQUAL 0))
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Please pull in git submodules, e.g.\nrun: git submodule update --init --remote --recursive")
         endif()
@@ -191,5 +191,5 @@ set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "2")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "0")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "0-Git-${COMMITHASH}")
-list(APPEND CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies")
+list(APPEND CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps")
 include(CPack)
diff --git a/cmake/Toolchain-mingw.cmake b/cmake/Toolchain-mingw.cmake
index ee0195a1..740e616f 100644
--- a/cmake/Toolchain-mingw.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Toolchain-mingw.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ if (NOT MINGW)
 endif()
 
 # this has to run after the toolchain is initialized.
-include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/mingw-include")
-include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/mingw-xaudio/include")
+include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/mingw-include")
+include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/mingw-xaudio/include")
 
 # Add Winsock as the last library linked because of broken link precedence.
 set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_EXECUTABLE} -lws2_32")
diff --git a/cmake/Toolchain-msvc.cmake b/cmake/Toolchain-msvc.cmake
index 7259460b..c2f39ab1 100644
--- a/cmake/Toolchain-msvc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Toolchain-msvc.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
     endif()
 endif()
 
-include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/msvc")
+include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/msvc")
 
 add_compile_definitions(
     _FORCENAMELESSUNION
diff --git a/src/sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ec31edc..7c077918 100644
--- a/src/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ if(MSVC)
     # We should probably use an external library for this.
     target_sources(vbam
         PRIVATE
-        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/msvc/getopt.c
-        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/msvc/getopt.h
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/msvc/getopt.c
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/msvc/getopt.h
     )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f0fbf7e..1913f995 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ host_compile(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin2c.c ${BIN2C})
 
 # Override wxrc when cross-compiling.
 if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-    set(WXRC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/wxrc/wxrc.exe)
+    set(WXRC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/wxrc/wxrc.exe)
 endif()
 
 # Configure wxrc.
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(WIN32 AND (X86_64 OR ARM64 OR X86_32) AND ENABLE_ONLINEUPDATES)
     if(NOT DEFINED WINSPARKLE_BIN_RELEASE_DIR)
-        set(WINSPARKLE_BIN_RELEASE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/WinSparkle-0.8.1)
+        set(WINSPARKLE_BIN_RELEASE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/WinSparkle-0.8.1)
     endif()
 
     target_include_directories(
diff --git a/dependencies b/win32-deps
similarity index 100%
rename from dependencies
rename to win32-deps