diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d563a2614c36f55e02d4de43a61b5c6a1ff662ef..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "submodules/JCTools"]
-	path = submodules/JCTools
-	url = https://github.com/JCTools/JCTools