diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6ce5bf49c5..2a3a12033c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@
 [submodule "roms/qboot"]
 	path = roms/qboot
 	url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qboot.git
-[submodule "meson"]
-	path = meson
-	url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/meson.git
 [submodule "roms/vbootrom"]
 	path = roms/vbootrom
 	url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/vbootrom.git
diff --git a/meson b/meson
deleted file mode 160000
index 3a9b285a55..0000000000
--- a/meson
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3a9b285a55b91b53b2acda987192274352ecb5be