diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8c7cc94fcd..ff6918a69b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "modules/uavcan"]
-	path = modules/uavcan
-	url = https://github.com/DroneCAN/libuavcan.git
 [submodule "modules/waf"]
 	path = modules/waf
 	url = https://github.com/ArduPilot/waf.git
diff --git a/modules/uavcan b/modules/uavcan
deleted file mode 160000
index f845e02dcd..0000000000
--- a/modules/uavcan
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit f845e02dcd2e97f6c4743c96f3b2380c4b03ab5f