diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index f613bbc02ac318f78c41563cdeb4a82f280ba0ef..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "msvc-deps/curl"]
-	path = msvc-deps/curl
-	url = https://github.com/bagder/curl.git