diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d3959d73e..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "thirdparty/happ-agent-registration"]
-	path = thirdparty/happ-agent-registration
-	url = git@github.com:holochain-open-dev/agent-registration.git
diff --git a/thirdparty/happ-agent-registration b/thirdparty/happ-agent-registration
deleted file mode 160000
index 33b67d542..000000000
--- a/thirdparty/happ-agent-registration
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 33b67d542d0f18c54a8d15bdf0efcd3aa193531f