diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6ced4c9d..eda2e245 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 [submodule "deps/gtest-parallel"]
 	path = deps/gtest-parallel
 	url = https://github.com/google/gtest-parallel.git
-[submodule "deps/json"]
-	path = deps/json
-	url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git
-	branch = master
 [submodule "deps/flatbuffers"]
 	path = deps/flatbuffers
 	url = https://github.com/google/flatbuffers.git