diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a2307a7..42848b9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,6 +10,3 @@
 [submodule "vendor/libarchive"]
 	path = vendor/libarchive
 	url = https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive.git
-[submodule "vendor/googletest"]
-	path = vendor/googletest
-	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
diff --git a/vendor/googletest b/vendor/googletest
deleted file mode 160000
index 6c58c11..0000000
--- a/vendor/googletest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6c58c11d5497b6ee1df3cb400ce30deb72fc28c0