diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 665ab2a0..6cd626ac 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 	path = external/iptables
 	url = git://git.netfilter.org/iptables
 	ignore = dirty
-[submodule "external/superuser-commands"]
-	path = external/superuser-commands
-	url = https://github.com/guardianproject/RootCommands.git
-	ignore = dirty
 [submodule "external/polipo"]
 	path = external/polipo
 	url = https://github.com/jech/polipo.git
diff --git a/external/superuser-commands b/external/superuser-commands
deleted file mode 160000
index d38520e6..00000000
--- a/external/superuser-commands
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit d38520e6c80aaf84bcc1c0eb0f5c904c0e8b79af