diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6e634fd03..594a71c2b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "mapbox-gl-js"]
-	path = mapbox-gl-js
-	url = https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js.git
 [submodule "vendor/earcut.hpp"]
 	path = vendor/earcut.hpp
 	url = https://github.com/mapbox/earcut.hpp.git
diff --git a/mapbox-gl-js b/mapbox-gl-js
deleted file mode 160000
index fe03b706f..000000000
--- a/mapbox-gl-js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fe03b706ff6fbda2ff4796bbf581aa667c6fbc7d