diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 72b7a301e..09f50b808 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 	path = src/monad
 	url = https://msostc.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/PS/_git/monad
 	branch = develop
-[submodule "ext-src/cppunit"]
-	path = ext-src/cppunit
-	url = git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/libreoffice/cppunit/
 [submodule "src/monad-native"]
 	path = src/monad-native
 	url = https://msostc.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/PS/_git/monad-native
diff --git a/ext-src/cppunit b/ext-src/cppunit
deleted file mode 160000
index 615bf72e2..000000000
--- a/ext-src/cppunit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 615bf72e2000e2118d08c85ccace5253dbb214be