diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 37b5026c..0c01f8c2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -25,6 +25,3 @@
 [submodule "external/pluto"]
 	path = external/pluto
 	url = https://github.com/guardianproject/pluto.git
-[submodule "external/orweb"]
-	path = external/orweb
-	url = https://github.com/guardianproject/Orweb.git
diff --git a/external/orweb b/external/orweb
deleted file mode 160000
index fd0bd469..00000000
--- a/external/orweb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fd0bd469a062b52f98ff7d4cf8d3ca6bed1896b9