diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2b085e15059..e40c3362830 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@
 [submodule "third_party/abseil-cpp"]
 	path = third_party/abseil-cpp
 	url = https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp
-[submodule "third_party/libcxxabi"]
-	path = third_party/libcxxabi
-	url = https://github.com/llvm-mirror/libcxxabi.git
-	branch = release_60
-[submodule "third_party/libcxx"]
-	path = third_party/libcxx
-	url = https://github.com/llvm-mirror/libcxx.git
-	branch = release_60
 [submodule "third_party/envoy-api"]
 	path = third_party/envoy-api
 	url = https://github.com/envoyproxy/data-plane-api.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9358cc3205d..fb283e0c902 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ plugins: $(PROTOC_PLUGINS)
 
 privatelibs: privatelibs_c privatelibs_cxx
 
-privatelibs_c:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libalts_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libcxxabi.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util_unsecure.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libreconnect_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libtest_tcp_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libz.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libares.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbad_ssl_test_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libend2end_tests.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libend2end_nosec_tests.a
+privatelibs_c:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libalts_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util_unsecure.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libreconnect_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libtest_tcp_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libz.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libares.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libbad_ssl_test_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libend2end_tests.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libend2end_nosec_tests.a
 pc_c: $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/pkgconfig/grpc.pc $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/pkgconfig/gpr.pc
 
 pc_c_unsecure: $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/pkgconfig/grpc_unsecure.pc $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/pkgconfig/gpr.pc
@@ -3395,50 +3395,6 @@ endif
 endif
 
 
-LIBCXXABI_SRC = \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/abort_message.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_aux_runtime.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_default_handlers.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_demangle.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_exception_storage.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_guard.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_handlers.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_noexception.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_thread_atexit.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_unexpected.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_vector.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_virtual.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/fallback_malloc.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/private_typeinfo.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_exception.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_stdexcept.cpp \
-    third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_typeinfo.cpp \
-
-PUBLIC_HEADERS_C += \
-
-LIBCXXABI_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(LIBCXXABI_SRC))))
-
-$(LIBCXXABI_OBJS): CPPFLAGS += -D_LIBCPP_DISABLE_EXTERN_TEMPLATE -D_LIBCXXABI_BUILDING_LIBRARY -D_LIBCXXABI_NO_EXCEPTIONS -Ithird_party/libcxxabi/include -nostdinc++ -Ithird_party/libcxx/include $(W_NO_UNUSED_BUT_SET_VARIABLE) $(W_NO_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED) -fvisibility=hidden
-$(LIBCXXABI_OBJS): CXXFLAGS += $(W_NO_CXX14_COMPAT)
-
-$(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libcxxabi.a: $(ZLIB_DEP) $(CARES_DEP) $(ADDRESS_SORTING_DEP)  $(LIBCXXABI_OBJS) 
-	$(E) "[AR]      Creating $@"
-	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
-	$(Q) rm -f $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libcxxabi.a
-	$(Q) $(AR) $(AROPTS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libcxxabi.a $(LIBCXXABI_OBJS) 
-ifeq ($(SYSTEM),Darwin)
-	$(Q) ranlib -no_warning_for_no_symbols $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libcxxabi.a
-endif
-
-
-
-
-ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
--include $(LIBCXXABI_OBJS:.o=.dep)
-endif
-
-
 LIBGPR_SRC = \
     src/core/lib/gpr/alloc.cc \
     src/core/lib/gpr/atm.cc \
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 285a33a0140..0b512e5e2d9 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -1626,32 +1626,6 @@ libs:
   deps:
   - grpc
   secure: true
-- name: cxxabi
-  build: private
-  language: c
-  src:
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/abort_message.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_aux_runtime.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_default_handlers.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_demangle.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_exception_storage.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_guard.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_handlers.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_noexception.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_thread_atexit.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_unexpected.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_vector.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_virtual.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/fallback_malloc.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/private_typeinfo.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_exception.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_stdexcept.cpp
-  - third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_typeinfo.cpp
-  build_system:
-  - Makefile
-  defaults: cxxabi
-  secure: false
 - name: gpr
   build: all
   language: c
@@ -6192,11 +6166,6 @@ defaults:
     CPPFLAGS: -Ithird_party/boringssl/include -fvisibility=hidden -DOPENSSL_NO_ASM
       -D_GNU_SOURCE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0 -DNOMINMAX
     CXXFLAGS: -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
-  cxxabi:
-    CPPFLAGS: -D_LIBCPP_DISABLE_EXTERN_TEMPLATE -D_LIBCXXABI_BUILDING_LIBRARY -D_LIBCXXABI_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-      -Ithird_party/libcxxabi/include -nostdinc++ -Ithird_party/libcxx/include $(W_NO_UNUSED_BUT_SET_VARIABLE)
-      $(W_NO_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED) -fvisibility=hidden
-    CXXFLAGS: $(W_NO_CXX14_COMPAT)
   global:
     CFLAGS: -g
     COREFLAGS: -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
diff --git a/grpc.gyp b/grpc.gyp
index 4d08d766bc8..73967f47532 100644
--- a/grpc.gyp
+++ b/grpc.gyp
@@ -172,32 +172,6 @@
         'test/core/tsi/alts/handshaker/alts_handshaker_service_api_test_lib.cc',
       ],
     },
-    {
-      'target_name': 'cxxabi',
-      'type': 'static_library',
-      'dependencies': [
-      ],
-      'sources': [
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/abort_message.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_aux_runtime.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_default_handlers.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_demangle.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_exception_storage.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_guard.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_handlers.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_noexception.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_thread_atexit.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_unexpected.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_vector.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/cxa_virtual.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/fallback_malloc.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/private_typeinfo.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_exception.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_new_delete.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_stdexcept.cpp',
-        'third_party/libcxxabi/src/stdlib_typeinfo.cpp',
-      ],
-    },
     {
       'target_name': 'gpr',
       'type': 'static_library',
diff --git a/third_party/libcxx b/third_party/libcxx
deleted file mode 160000
index 6599cac0965..00000000000
--- a/third_party/libcxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6599cac0965be8e5a835ab7a5684bbef033d5ad0
diff --git a/third_party/libcxxabi b/third_party/libcxxabi
deleted file mode 160000
index 9245d481eb3..00000000000
--- a/third_party/libcxxabi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 9245d481eb3e890f708ff2d7dadf2a10c04748ba
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_performance_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_performance_tests.py
index 68e470e06c3..491efcbfd14 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_performance_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_performance_tests.py
@@ -193,13 +193,7 @@ def create_netperf_jobspec(server_host='localhost',
 
 def archive_repo(languages):
     """Archives local version of repo including submodules."""
-    # Directory contains symlinks that can't be correctly untarred on Windows
-    # so we just skip them as a workaround.
-    # See https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/16334
-    bad_symlinks_dir = '../grpc/third_party/libcxx/test/std/experimental/filesystem/Inputs/static_test_env'
-    cmdline = [
-        'tar', '--exclude', bad_symlinks_dir, '-cf', '../grpc.tar', '../grpc/'
-    ]
+    cmdline = ['tar', '-cf', '../grpc.tar', '../grpc/']
     if 'java' in languages:
         cmdline.append('../grpc-java')
     if 'go' in languages:
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
index e49ddc8950e..7994b20ea14 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ cat << EOF | awk '{ print $1 }' | sort > "$want_submodules"
  28f50e0fed19872e0fd50dd23ce2ee8cd759338e third_party/gflags (v2.2.0-5-g30dbc81)
  80ed4d0bbf65d57cc267dfc63bd2584557f11f9b third_party/googleapis (common-protos-1_3_1-915-g80ed4d0bb)
  c9ccac7cb7345901884aabf5d1a786cfa6e2f397 third_party/googletest (6e2f397)
- 6599cac0965be8e5a835ab7a5684bbef033d5ad0 third_party/libcxx (heads/release_60)
- 9245d481eb3e890f708ff2d7dadf2a10c04748ba third_party/libcxxabi (heads/release_60)
  09745575a923640154bcf307fba8aedff47f240a third_party/protobuf (v3.7.0-rc.2-247-g09745575)
  e143189bf6f37b3957fb31743df6a1bcf4a8c685 third_party/protoc-gen-validate (v0.0.10)
  94324803a497c8f76dbc78df393ef629d3a9f3c3 third_party/udpa (heads/master)