diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 990348b9f1..9cd5c3ffaa 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "libusb"]
 	path = externals/libusb/libusb
 	url = https://github.com/libusb/libusb.git
-[submodule "xbyak"]
-	path = externals/xbyak
-	url = https://github.com/Lizzie841/xbyak.git
 [submodule "cpp-httplib"]
 	path = externals/cpp-httplib
 	url = https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib.git
diff --git a/externals/xbyak b/externals/xbyak
deleted file mode 160000
index 4e44f4614d..0000000000
--- a/externals/xbyak
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4e44f4614ddbf038f2a6296f5b906d5c72691e0f