diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e3dd4ba15..d18bb6638 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -106,6 +106,3 @@
 [submodule "extra/lua-cjson"]
 	path = extra/lua-cjson
 	url = https://github.com/mpx/lua-cjson
-[submodule "extra/findcuda"]
-	path = extra/findcuda
-	url = https://github.com/hughperkins/FindCUDA.git
diff --git a/extra/findcuda b/extra/findcuda
deleted file mode 160000
index e3ac739d8..000000000
--- a/extra/findcuda
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit e3ac739d86b295bbfa057cd1e82d9c6faec7edba