diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 034a872f2d..a8aa3e1f36 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ def _set_build_context_variant(board):
             continue
         c.variant = board
 
-# run Tools/gittools/submodule-sync.sh to sync submodules as well at distclean
-@conf
-def distclean(ctx):
-    subprocess.call(['Tools/gittools/submodule-sync.sh'])
-
 def init(ctx):
     # Generate Task List, so that VS Code extension can keep track
     # of changes to possible build targets