diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9788c5e02..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "modules/v4d/third/nanogui"]
-	path = modules/v4d/third/nanogui
-	url = https://github.com/kallaballa/nanogui.git