diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index dd401227336851abcf134a12555a881a8b75188f..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "ogs"]
-	path = ogs
-	url = https://github.com/ufz/ogs.git
diff --git a/ogs b/ogs
deleted file mode 160000
index c5dba70038994ee07976e4a0a44cf37cf019c01f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ogs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit c5dba70038994ee07976e4a0a44cf37cf019c01f