diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fc9d8f809..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor"]
-	path = app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor
-	url = https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor.git