diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 845b648..8b13789 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-[submodule "external"]
-	path = external
-	url = https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
+
diff --git a/external b/external
deleted file mode 160000
index 87314d2..0000000
--- a/external
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 87314d24c4f025df1ebf47dc527cc8a96bef354a