diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f1637928e40..e69de29bb2d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "volk"]
-	path = volk
-	url = https://github.com/gnuradio/volk.git
-	branch = master
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 200a07f11a4..0a58e966a12 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ set(GCC_MIN_VERSION "4.8.4")
 set(CLANG_MIN_VERSION "3.4.0")
 set(APPLECLANG_MIN_VERSION "500")
 set(MSVC_MIN_VERSION "1800")
+set(VOLK_MIN_VERSION "2.1.0")
 
 # Enable generation of compile_commands.json for code completion engines
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
@@ -368,67 +369,19 @@ endif()
 
 
 ########################################################################
-# Setup volk as a subproject
+# Detect and configure VOLK
 ########################################################################
 message(STATUS "")
 message(STATUS "Configuring VOLK support...")
+find_package(Volk ${VOLK_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+message(STATUS "  Found VOLK:")
+message(STATUS "  * Version: ${VOLK_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "  * Libraries: ${VOLK_LIBRARIES}")
+message(STATUS "  * Includes: ${VOLK_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
-OPTION(ENABLE_INTERNAL_VOLK "Enable internal VOLK only" ON)
-UNSET(Volk_FOUND)
-if(NOT ENABLE_INTERNAL_VOLK)
-    find_package(Volk)
-    set(GR_VOLK_LIB "Volk::volk")
-    if(NOT Volk_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "  External VOLK not found; checking internal.")
-    endif()
-endif()
-if(NOT Volk_FOUND)
-    find_file(INTREE_VOLK_FOUND
-        volk/volk_common.h
-        PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/volk/include
-        NO_DEFAULT_PATH
-        NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
-    )
-
-    if(NOT INTREE_VOLK_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "  VOLK submodule is not checked out.")
-        message(STATUS "  To check out the VOLK submodule, use:")
-        message(STATUS "    git pull --recurse-submodules=on")
-        message(STATUS "    git submodule update --init")
-        if(ENABLE_INTERNAL_VOLK)
-            message(STATUS "  External VOLK disabled.")
-        endif()
-        message(STATUS "  Override with -DENABLE_INTERNAL_VOLK=ON/OFF")
-        message(STATUS "")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "VOLK required but not found.")
-    endif()
-
-    add_subdirectory(volk)
-    # if the above command returns, then VOLK is enabled
-
-    include(GrComponent)
-    GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("volk" ENABLE_VOLK)
-
-    SET(VOLK_INCLUDE_DIRS
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/volk/include
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/volk/include
-    )
-
-    set(GR_VOLK_LIB "volk")
-
-    SET(VOLK_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)
-    SET(VOLK_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
-else()
-    message(STATUS "  An external VOLK has been found and will be used for build.")
-    SET(ENABLE_VOLK TRUE)
-
-    get_filename_component(VOLK_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR "${VOLK_LIBRARIES}" DIRECTORY)
-    SET(VOLK_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR ${VOLK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-endif(NOT Volk_FOUND)
-
-message(STATUS "  Override with -DENABLE_INTERNAL_VOLK=ON/OFF")
-
-# Handle logging
+########################################################################
+# Configure Log4CPP
+########################################################################
 find_package(LOG4CPP REQUIRED)
 
 ########################################################################
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile.in b/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile.in
index ccb7c4313c7..c220bf2409d 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile.in
+++ b/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile.in
@@ -174,11 +174,7 @@ STRIP_FROM_INC_PATH    = @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/gnuradio-runtime/include \
                          @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/gr-wavelet/include \
                          @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/gr-wavelet/include \
                          @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/gr-zeromq/include \
-                         @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/gr-zeromq/include \
-                         @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/volk/include \
-                         @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/volk/include \
-                         @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/volk/tmpl \
-                         @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/volk/tmpl
+                         @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/gr-zeromq/include
 
 # If the SHORT_NAMES tag is set to YES, doxygen will generate much shorter
 # (but less readable) file names. This can be useful if your file system
@@ -726,9 +722,7 @@ RECURSIVE              = YES
 # Note that relative paths are relative to the directory from which doxygen is
 # run.
 
-EXCLUDE                = @abs_top_srcdir@/volk \
-                         @abs_top_builddir@/volk \
-                         @abs_top_builddir@/cmake/msvc \
+EXCLUDE                = @abs_top_builddir@/cmake/msvc \
                          @abs_top_builddir@/docs/doxygen/html \
                          @abs_top_builddir@/docs/doxygen/xml \
                          @abs_top_builddir@/docs/doxygen/other/doxypy.py \
@@ -793,10 +787,7 @@ EXCLUDE                = @abs_top_srcdir@/volk \
                          @abs_top_srcdir@/gr-wavelet/lib \
                          @abs_top_builddir@/gr-wavelet/lib \
                          @abs_top_srcdir@/gr-zeromq/lib \
-                         @abs_top_builddir@/gr-zeromq/lib \
-                         @abs_top_srcdir@/volk/cmake/msvc \
-                         @abs_top_builddir@/volk/cmake/msvc \
-                         @abs_top_srcdir@/volk/kernels/volk/volk_8u_conv_k7_r2puppet_8u.h
+                         @abs_top_builddir@/gr-zeromq/lib
 
 # The EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS tag can be used to select whether or not files or
 # directories that are symbolic links (a Unix file system feature) are excluded
diff --git a/gnuradio-runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/gnuradio-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e20d42f678..c03b5ffe4da 100644
--- a/gnuradio-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gnuradio-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ GR_CHECK_LINUX_SCHED_AVAIL()
 include(GrComponent)
 GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gnuradio-runtime" ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
     Boost_FOUND
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     PYTHONINTERP_FOUND
     MPLIB_FOUND
     LOG4CPP_FOUND
diff --git a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index a56c68cfd7f..ee89f363cea 100644
--- a/gnuradio-runtime/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gnuradio-runtime/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ endif(ENABLE_GR_CTRLPORT)
 
 target_link_libraries(gnuradio-runtime PUBLIC
   gnuradio-pmt
-  ${GR_VOLK_LIB}
+  Volk::volk
   Boost::program_options
   Boost::filesystem
   Boost::system
diff --git a/gr-analog/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-analog/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d875673ac7..36ea60daf7b 100644
--- a/gr-analog/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-analog/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ include(GrBoost)
 include(GrComponent)
 GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-analog" ENABLE_GR_ANALOG
     Boost_FOUND
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
     ENABLE_GR_BLOCKS
     ENABLE_GR_FFT
diff --git a/gr-blocks/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-blocks/CMakeLists.txt
index 71f1fdc05c1..cb99267ae67 100644
--- a/gr-blocks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-blocks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ include(GrBoost)
 include(GrComponent)
 GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-blocks" ENABLE_GR_BLOCKS
     Boost_FOUND
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
 )
 
diff --git a/gr-blocks/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-blocks/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c9dd9aa6a7..45cf72b579f 100644
--- a/gr-blocks/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-blocks/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ add_library(gnuradio-blocks
     )
 
 target_link_libraries(gnuradio-blocks
-  gnuradio-runtime
-  ${GR_VOLK_LIB}
-  )
+    gnuradio-runtime
+    Volk::volk
+)
 
 target_include_directories(gnuradio-blocks
   PUBLIC
diff --git a/gr-channels/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-channels/CMakeLists.txt
index a1e7d6a54c3..bf5583ee685 100644
--- a/gr-channels/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-channels/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ include(GrBoost)
 include(GrComponent)
 
 GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-channels" ENABLE_GR_CHANNELS
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     Boost_FOUND
     ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
     ENABLE_GR_BLOCKS
diff --git a/gr-digital/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-digital/CMakeLists.txt
index db7ef03c3d3..93f30e84103 100644
--- a/gr-digital/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-digital/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ include(GrBoost)
 include(GrComponent)
 GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-digital" ENABLE_GR_DIGITAL
     Boost_FOUND
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
     ENABLE_GR_FFT
     ENABLE_GR_FILTER
diff --git a/gr-digital/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-digital/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ab200c0233..b44662994f2 100644
--- a/gr-digital/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-digital/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ target_link_libraries(gnuradio-digital PUBLIC
     gnuradio-blocks
     gnuradio-analog
     Boost::boost
-    ${GR_VOLK_LIB}
+    Volk::volk
 )
 
 
diff --git a/gr-dtv/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-dtv/CMakeLists.txt
index fa82e3f83dd..78fa4e0ba23 100644
--- a/gr-dtv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-dtv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-dtv" ENABLE_GR_DTV
     ENABLE_GR_ANALOG
     ENABLE_GR_FILTER
     ENABLE_GR_FEC
-    ENABLE_VOLK
 )
 
 SET(GR_PKG_DTV_EXAMPLES_DIR ${GR_PKG_DATA_DIR}/examples/dtv)
diff --git a/gr-dtv/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-dtv/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 56e28811a1c..7f26570e3ad 100644
--- a/gr-dtv/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-dtv/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ target_link_libraries(gnuradio-dtv PUBLIC
     gnuradio-analog
     gnuradio-filter
     gnuradio-fec
-    ${GR_VOLK_LIB}
+    Volk::volk
     )
 
 target_include_directories(gnuradio-dtv
diff --git a/gr-fec/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-fec/CMakeLists.txt
index e4618c562ee..6b29853f8f6 100644
--- a/gr-fec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-fec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ include(GrComponent)
 find_package(GSL)
 
 GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-fec" ENABLE_GR_FEC
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     Boost_FOUND
     ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
     ENABLE_GR_BLOCKS
diff --git a/gr-fft/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-fft/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c55f6f6ab3..ecd394b8bbd 100644
--- a/gr-fft/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-fft/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ find_package(FFTW3f)
 include(GrComponent)
 
 GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-fft" ENABLE_GR_FFT
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     Boost_FOUND
     ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
     ENABLE_GR_BLOCKS
diff --git a/gr-fft/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-fft/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 54a8c3add9a..e8ec301eabe 100644
--- a/gr-fft/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-fft/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ add_library(gnuradio-fft
 target_link_libraries(gnuradio-fft PUBLIC
   gnuradio-runtime
   fftw3f::fftw3f
-  ${GR_VOLK_LIB}
+  Volk::volk
 )
 
 target_include_directories(gnuradio-fft
diff --git a/gr-filter/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-filter/CMakeLists.txt
index a35c6f3b14c..b49d302de1b 100644
--- a/gr-filter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-filter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ include(GrBoost)
 include(GrComponent)
 
 GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-filter" ENABLE_GR_FILTER
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     Boost_FOUND
     ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
     ENABLE_GR_FFT
diff --git a/gr-filter/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-filter/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 6351b7b0260..69a56dd2c5e 100644
--- a/gr-filter/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-filter/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ target_link_libraries(gnuradio-filter PUBLIC
     gnuradio-runtime
     gnuradio-fft
     gnuradio-blocks
-    ${GR_VOLK_LIB}
+    Volk::volk
 )
 
 target_include_directories(gnuradio-filter
diff --git a/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 77976a673b3..5efc3221b87 100644
--- a/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-qtgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ GR_REGISTER_COMPONENT("gr-qtgui" ENABLE_GR_QTGUI
     Boost_FOUND
     QT_FOUND
     QWT_FOUND
-    ENABLE_VOLK
     ENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME
     ENABLE_GR_FFT
     ENABLE_GR_FILTER
diff --git a/gr-qtgui/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/gr-qtgui/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 3936401ac2d..7ab6fd1ab6d 100644
--- a/gr-qtgui/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gr-qtgui/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ target_link_libraries(gnuradio-qtgui PUBLIC
     gnuradio-runtime
     gnuradio-fft
     gnuradio-filter
-    ${GR_VOLK_LIB}
+    Volk::volk
     qwt::qwt
     Qt5::Widgets
 )
diff --git a/volk b/volk
deleted file mode 160000
index aae9fed1cd1..00000000000
--- a/volk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit aae9fed1cd15f0f1695d5adad04c65cf8bbd3cc0