diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1e71e66b51..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "submodules/luajit-test-cleanup"]
-	path = submodules/luajit-test-cleanup
-	url = https://github.com/luajit/luajit-test-cleanup
diff --git a/submodules/luajit-test-cleanup b/submodules/luajit-test-cleanup
deleted file mode 160000
index 014708bceb..0000000000
--- a/submodules/luajit-test-cleanup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 014708bceb70550a3ab8d539cff14d9085ca9cb8