diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 014a860cfcfab5c1c940ec0c557bf74ae5430f7a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "pkg"]
-	path = pkg
-	url = http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora-packages.git