diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index aa486020..37b5026c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "external/jtorctl"]
 	path = external/jtorctl
 	url = https://github.com/guardianproject/jtorctl
-[submodule "external/ActionBarSherlock"]
-	path = external/ActionBarSherlock
-	url = https://github.com/JakeWharton/ActionBarSherlock.git
 [submodule "external/openssl"]
 	path = external/openssl
 	url = git://git.openssl.org/openssl
diff --git a/external/ActionBarSherlock b/external/ActionBarSherlock
deleted file mode 160000
index c0d437ce..00000000
--- a/external/ActionBarSherlock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c0d437ce4c47cb344e5d96414ffbf5f1a85c26d0