diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cfdc733eb7..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "Submodule/github/rest-api-description"]
-	path = Submodule/github/rest-api-description
-	url = https://github.com/github/rest-api-description.git
-	shallow = true
diff --git a/Submodule/github/rest-api-description b/Submodule/github/rest-api-description
deleted file mode 160000
index 8af3e59120..0000000000
--- a/Submodule/github/rest-api-description
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8af3e59120fdf6294e2d385bdae74b39fa824da5