Description: package does not need to check for git submodules
--- a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
@@ -761,14 +761,7 @@ class NotebookApp(BaseIPythonApplication
         print(self.notebook_info())
     
     def init_components(self):
-        """Check the components submodule, and warn if it's unclean"""
-        status = submodule.check_submodule_status()
-        if status == 'missing':
-            self.log.warn("components submodule missing, running `git submodule update`")
-            submodule.update_submodules(submodule.ipython_parent())
-        elif status == 'unclean':
-            self.log.warn("components submodule unclean, you may see 404s on static/components")
-            self.log.warn("run `setup.py submodule` or `git submodule update` to update")
+        pass
     
     @catch_config_error
     def initialize(self, argv=None):