diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2a028e3c69..10f9f7de96 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "cubeb"]
 	path = externals/cubeb
 	url = https://github.com/mozilla/cubeb.git
-[submodule "SDL"]
-  path = externals/SDL
-  url = https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.git
 [submodule "libusb"]
 	path = externals/libusb/libusb
 	url = https://github.com/libusb/libusb.git