diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fbe59317..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "solarized-gedit"]
-	path = solarized-gedit
-	url = git://github.com/solarized/solarized-gedit.git
diff --git a/solarized-gedit b/solarized-gedit
deleted file mode 160000
index b0608521..00000000
--- a/solarized-gedit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b060852194fe974314562667a67b0f447b31dc6c