diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1ab151e..c250d4d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "vendor/secp256k1-zkp"]
     path = vendor/secp256k1-zkp
     url = https://github.com/bitshares/secp256k1-zkp.git
-[submodule "vendor/websocketpp"]
-    path = vendor/websocketpp
-    url = https://github.com/bitshares/websocketpp.git
 [submodule "vendor/editline"]
     path = vendor/editline
     url = https://github.com/troglobit/editline.git
diff --git a/vendor/websocketpp b/vendor/websocketpp
deleted file mode 160000
index 969c993..0000000
--- a/vendor/websocketpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 969c9939112cd9f8a99e9d051cadc406ee634140