diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 49e9c2e3f4..d108478e0a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "roms/vgabios"]
-	path = roms/vgabios
-	url = git://git.qemu-project.org/vgabios.git/
 [submodule "roms/seabios"]
 	path = roms/seabios
 	url = git://git.qemu-project.org/seabios.git/
diff --git a/roms/Makefile b/roms/Makefile
index a73778f60b..f1ac85ae9b 100644
--- a/roms/Makefile
+++ b/roms/Makefile
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ default:
 	@echo "nothing is build by default"
 	@echo "available build targets:"
 	@echo "  bios           -- update bios.bin (seabios)"
-	@echo "  seavgabios     -- update vgabios binaries (seabios)"
-	@echo "  lgplvgabios    -- update vgabios binaries (lgpl)"
+	@echo "  vgabios        -- update vgabios binaries (seabios)"
 	@echo "  sgabios        -- update sgabios binaries"
 	@echo "  pxerom         -- update nic roms (bios only)"
 	@echo "  efirom         -- update nic roms (bios+efi, this needs"
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ bios: build-seabios-config-seabios-128k build-seabios-config-seabios-256k
 	cp seabios/builds/seabios-128k/bios.bin ../pc-bios/bios.bin
 	cp seabios/builds/seabios-256k/bios.bin ../pc-bios/bios-256k.bin
 
-seavgabios: $(patsubst %,seavgabios-%,$(vgabios_variants))
+vgabios seavgabios: $(patsubst %,seavgabios-%,$(vgabios_variants))
 
 seavgabios-isavga: build-seabios-config-vga-isavga
 	cp seabios/builds/vga-isavga/vgabios.bin ../pc-bios/vgabios.bin
@@ -94,17 +93,6 @@ build-seabios-config-%: config.%
 		OUT=$(CURDIR)/seabios/builds/$*/ all
 
 
-lgplvgabios: $(patsubst %,lgplvgabios-%,$(vgabios_variants))
-
-lgplvgabios-isavga: build-lgplvgabios
-	cp vgabios/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest.bin ../pc-bios/vgabios.bin
-lgplvgabios-%: build-lgplvgabios
-	cp vgabios/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest.$*.bin ../pc-bios/vgabios-$*.bin
-
-build-lgplvgabios:
-	$(MAKE) -C vgabios $(vgabios_targets)
-
-
 .PHONY: sgabios skiboot
 sgabios:
 	$(MAKE) -C sgabios
@@ -159,8 +147,6 @@ skiboot:
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf seabios/.config seabios/out seabios/builds
-	$(MAKE) -C vgabios clean
-	rm -f vgabios/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest*
 	$(MAKE) -C sgabios clean
 	rm -f sgabios/.depend
 	$(MAKE) -C ipxe/src veryclean
diff --git a/roms/vgabios b/roms/vgabios
deleted file mode 160000
index 19ea12c230..0000000000
--- a/roms/vgabios
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 19ea12c230ded95928ecaef0db47a82231c2e485