diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index dfcbea536..a2c6b429e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 [submodule "deps/mapbox/variant"]
 	path = deps/mapbox/variant
 	url = https://github.com/mapbox/variant.git
+        branch = types
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