diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a6452efb7..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "subprojects/python-xlib"]
-	path = subprojects/python-xlib
-	url = https://github.com/python-xlib/python-xlib.git
diff --git a/subprojects/python-xlib b/subprojects/python-xlib
deleted file mode 160000
index 4e8bbf8fc..000000000
--- a/subprojects/python-xlib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4e8bbf8fc4941e5da301a8b3db8d27e98de68666