diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6ab722e418f1fe14e6cecd62a8aa69366b8941ae..bdb03687f031d1ddf2c80c73bca9254d17b22821 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "ThirdParty/VtkFbxConverter"]
-	path = ThirdParty/VtkFbxConverter
-	url = https://github.com/ufz-vislab/VtkFbxConverter.git
 [submodule "ThirdParty/tetgen"]
 	path = ThirdParty/tetgen
 	url = https://github.com/ufz/tetgen.git
diff --git a/ThirdParty/VtkFbxConverter b/ThirdParty/VtkFbxConverter
deleted file mode 160000
index 191bcfcfa62358be98e450e8f745a144a975f73a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ThirdParty/VtkFbxConverter
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 191bcfcfa62358be98e450e8f745a144a975f73a