diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 408d19ae..e69de29b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "external/signal-cli"]
-	path = external/signal-cli
-	url = https://github.com/guardianproject/signal-cli-android.git
diff --git a/external/signal-cli b/external/signal-cli
deleted file mode 160000
index edfd14c7..00000000
--- a/external/signal-cli
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit edfd14c75d9a08e7fd4cd66e03b0af1a69171ece