diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9920ceaad6..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "repos/avalon-core"]
-	path = repos/avalon-core
-	url = https://github.com/pypeclub/avalon-core.git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/repos/avalon-core b/repos/avalon-core
deleted file mode 160000
index 2fa14cea6f..0000000000
--- a/repos/avalon-core
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2fa14cea6f6a9d86eec70bbb96860cbe4c75c8eb