diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2b3ffa4080..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "deps/mimalloc"]
-	path = deps/mimalloc
-	url = https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc.git