diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5f27d2fb9..8cf5b17f7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "github.com/facebook/rocksdb"]
 	path = c-deps/rocksdb
 	url = https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
-[submodule "github.com/google/snappy"]
-	path = c-deps/snappy
-	url = https://github.com/google/snappy.git
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