diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 121bf253be..84bec09c9b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "modules/ChibiOS"]
 	path = modules/ChibiOS
 	url = https://github.com/ArduPilot/ChibiOS.git
-[submodule "modules/libcanard"]
-	path = modules/libcanard
-	url = https://github.com/ArduPilot/libcanard.git
 [submodule "modules/gsoap"]
 	path = modules/gsoap
 	url = https://github.com/ArduPilot/gsoap
diff --git a/modules/libcanard b/modules/libcanard
deleted file mode 160000
index c2c1065c3d..0000000000
--- a/modules/libcanard
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c2c1065c3d2a872408cbe65428f76293c846cf53