diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 25c9b3bdd..8be05d2c6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,6 +16,3 @@
 [submodule "third_party/beaengine"]
 	path = third_party/beaengine
 	url = https://github.com/benvanik/beaengine.git
-[submodule "third_party/binutils"]
-	path = third_party/binutils
-	url = https://gnu.googlesource.com/binutils
diff --git a/third_party/binutils b/third_party/binutils
deleted file mode 160000
index b8cad68f0..000000000
--- a/third_party/binutils
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b8cad68f0f71a2a2f95f0b83829ae446262117fd