diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5777b22..5d1669e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -60,7 +60,3 @@
 [submodule "src/hispec/driver/hispec-fiber-switcher"]
 	path = src/hispec/driver/hispec-fiber-switcher
 	url = https://github.com/COO-Utilities/hispec-fiber-switcher
-[submodule "src/hispec/driver/pycamerad"]
-	path = src/hispec/driver/pycamerad
-	url = https://github.com/COO-Utilities/pycamerad.git
-	branch = main
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f297b5a..1419bf3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,13 +48,17 @@ git submodule sync --recursive
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 
 # 3) Create the environment and install, editable
-uv sync
+uv sync --all-packages
 ```
 
-`uv sync` builds `.venv` on the Python named in `.python-version`, installs
-every dependency and puts this package in it editable, so a `git pull` changes
-behaviour without reinstalling. Run commands through `uv run <command>`, or
-activate `.venv` if you prefer.
+That builds `.venv` on the Python named in `.python-version` and installs this
+package plus every vendor driver editable, so a `git pull` changes behaviour
+without reinstalling. Run commands through `uv run <command>`, or activate
+`.venv` if you prefer.
+
+`--all-packages` matters: the drivers under `src/hispec/driver/` are uv
+workspace members, and a plain `uv sync` installs only this package's own
+dependencies, leaving theirs out.
 
 `uv.lock` is not committed while the git dependencies deliberately track their
 default branches. It still records which commit of libby, bamboo and the rest
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ your checkout resolved to, which is how to tell what you are running. `uv sync`
 reuses that lock once it exists, so pick up a merged dependency change with:
 
 ```bash
-uv lock --upgrade && uv sync
+uv lock --upgrade && uv sync --all-packages
 ```
 
 ## Submodules
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 057c271..0ac3802 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "libximc",
     "scipy",
     "pyyaml",
+    # SSH transport for the DLI DC3 PDU; the pdu driver imports it
+    # without declaring it
+    "paramiko",
     # influxdb extra: needed by daemons/generic/keygrabber
     "libby[influxdb]@git+https://github.com/CaltechOpticalObservatories/libby.git",
     "hardware_device_base@git+https://github.com/COO-Utilities/hardware_device_base",
@@ -59,3 +62,17 @@ ignored-modules = [
     "hispec.driver",
     "PPC102_lib",
 ]
+
+# The vendor drivers are vendored as submodules so they can be fixed in place,
+# but their own dependencies still have to reach the environment. tracking_camera
+# is HISPEC's own code with no pyproject, so it is not a member.
+[tool.uv.workspace]
+members = ["src/hispec/driver/*"]
+exclude = ["src/hispec/driver/tracking_camera"]
+
+[tool.uv]
+# The drivers pin this to v1.0.0, v1.0.1 and unpinned between them, and uv
+# allows one URL per package. Without an override nothing resolves at all.
+override-dependencies = [
+    "hardware_device_base @ git+https://github.com/COO-Utilities/hardware_device_base@v1.0.1",
+]
diff --git a/src/hispec/driver/pycamerad b/src/hispec/driver/pycamerad
deleted file mode 160000
index 2c1f1c7..0000000
--- a/src/hispec/driver/pycamerad
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2c1f1c71ccc408625437fa85b269f47b59822af1
diff --git a/src/hispec/driver/tracking_camera/camera.py b/src/hispec/driver/tracking_camera/camera.py
index 93df605..48e2a2b 100644
--- a/src/hispec/driver/tracking_camera/camera.py
+++ b/src/hispec/driver/tracking_camera/camera.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
 
-from ..pycamerad import Camerad
+from pycamerad import Camerad
 
 INSTRUMENT = "hispec_tracking_camera"
 
diff --git a/systemd/install.sh b/systemd/install.sh
index 906f674..4b9c6de 100755
--- a/systemd/install.sh
+++ b/systemd/install.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ fi
 (
     cd "$REPO_DIR"
     "$UV_BIN" lock --upgrade
-    "$UV_BIN" sync
+    # --all-packages installs the vendored drivers too; plain sync covers only
+    # the root project and leaves their dependencies out
+    "$UV_BIN" sync --all-packages
 )
 chown -R hispec:hispec "$VENV_DIR"