diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9ee193ce..96b1eab7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "gtest"]
-	path = gtest
-	url = git://github.com/vitaut/gtest.git
 [submodule "format-benchmark"]
 	path = format-benchmark
 	url = git://github.com/vitaut/format-benchmark.git
diff --git a/gtest b/gtest
deleted file mode 160000
index 9f357d54..00000000
--- a/gtest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 9f357d549d0bfb0ea14b8e511b68de7d9d6b1978