diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bd950f5f5eb42dc022267ceb95bde1b49728f5cf..f613bbc02ac318f78c41563cdeb4a82f280ba0ef 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "msvc-deps/curl"]
 	path = msvc-deps/curl
 	url = https://github.com/bagder/curl.git
-[submodule "backends/twitter/rapidjson"]
-	path = backends/twitter/rapidjson
-	url = https://github.com/miloyip/rapidjson.git