diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9f9c89cf4..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "openssl"]
-	path = openssl
-	url = https://github.com/pocoproject/openssl
-	branch = develop
-
diff --git a/openssl b/openssl
deleted file mode 160000
index 0c6d16ec8..000000000
--- a/openssl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 0c6d16ec85f80ea3ce05a8f2ff52c1b3ba240a41