diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index dafb8b6..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "external/openssl"]
-	path = external/openssl
-	url = https://github.com/openssl/openssl
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