diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c62e461c986..81c66a44190 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[submodule "external/llvm-project"]
+[submodule "externals/llvm-project"]
 	path = externals/llvm-project
 	url = https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
 [submodule "externals/mlir-hlo"]
diff --git a/python/torch_mlir/csrc/reference_lazy_backend/CMakeLists.txt b/python/torch_mlir/csrc/reference_lazy_backend/CMakeLists.txt
index 7340890d90f..9c4526ad175 100644
--- a/python/torch_mlir/csrc/reference_lazy_backend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/torch_mlir/csrc/reference_lazy_backend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ find_package(Torch 1.11 REQUIRED)
 # Setup Python development
 ###########################################################################
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/llvm-project/mlir/cmake/modules")
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/llvm-project/mlir/cmake/modules")
 include(MLIRDetectPythonEnv)
 mlir_configure_python_dev_packages()