diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 106fa5eee..0d1f8ee16 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
       "groupName": "Meshtastic Protobufs",
       "groupSlug": "meshtastic-protobufs"
     },
-    {
-      "matchPackageNames": [
-        "https://github.com/meshtastic/design.git"
-      ],
-      "changelogUrl": "https://github.com/meshtastic/design/compare/{{currentDigest}}...{{newDigest}}"
-    },
     {
       "description": "Group all AndroidX dependencies (excluding more specific AndroidX groups)",
       "groupName": "AndroidX (General)",
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9d7b1df30..e115fe990 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "app proto submodule"]
 	path = core/proto/src/main/proto
 	url = https://github.com/meshtastic/protobufs.git
-[submodule "design"]
-	path = design
-	url = https://github.com/meshtastic/design.git
diff --git a/design b/design
deleted file mode 160000
index 90014f40e..000000000
--- a/design
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 90014f40e8aa1d6f74ad9f2c0f0a1920553e17c1