diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f80f41daf7..f08a36506c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -21,6 +21,3 @@
 [submodule "pype/modules/ftrack/python2_vendor/arrow"]
 	path = pype/modules/ftrack/python2_vendor/arrow
 	url = git@github.com:arrow-py/arrow.git
-[submodule "pype/modules/ftrack/python2_vendor/backports.functools_lru_cache"]
-	path = pype/modules/ftrack/python2_vendor/backports.functools_lru_cache
-	url = git@github.com:PythonBackports/backports.functools_lru_cache.git
diff --git a/pype/modules/ftrack/python2_vendor/backports.functools_lru_cache b/pype/modules/ftrack/python2_vendor/backports.functools_lru_cache
deleted file mode 160000
index 166536438b..0000000000
--- a/pype/modules/ftrack/python2_vendor/backports.functools_lru_cache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 166536438b1998a8864254f82e8d88685270dd9a