diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 912b635f..be235f6c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "libglnx"]
 	path = subprojects/libglnx
 	url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libglnx.git
-[submodule "debugedit"]
-	path = subprojects/debugedit
-	url = https://sourceware.org/git/debugedit.git
diff --git a/subprojects/debugedit b/subprojects/debugedit
deleted file mode 160000
index ae27211c..00000000
--- a/subprojects/debugedit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ae27211cbbfb63a0ad3c141cd1310d7f583ec40e